Sec. 5. (a) If there are several owners of burial rights in a burial plot, the owners may:
(1) designate in writing one (1) or more persons to represent them; and
(2) file the written designation with the owner of the cemetery in which the plot is located.
(b) In the absence of:
(1) the filing of a written designation of one (1) or more representatives under subsection (a); or
(2) a written objection to the interment, entombment, or inurnment;
a cemetery is not liable to any owner of burial rights in a burial plot for interring, entombing, or inurning, or permitting an interment, entombment, or inurnment in the burial plot upon the request or direction of a registered co-owner of the burial rights.
As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.16.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 23. Business and Other Associations
Article 14. Cemetery Associations
Chapter 42. Burial Rights by Designation, Bequest, or Descent, and Rights of Co-Owners
23-14-42-1. "Burial Plot" Defined
23-14-42-2. Designation of Remains Permitted to Be Interred
23-14-42-3. Transfer of Burial Rights
23-14-42-4. Burial Rights Passing as Part of Estate
23-14-42-5. Liability of Cemetery Acting Upon Request of Registered Co-Owner of Burial Rights