Sec. 6. (a) This section applies:
(1) when an agent of a decedent testifies on behalf of an executor, administrator, or heirs concerning any transaction the agent had:
(A) with a party to the suit, or the party's assignor or grantor; and
(B) in the absence of the decedent; or
(2) if any witness testifies on behalf of the executor, administrator, or heirs, to any conversation or admission of a party to the suit, or the party's assignor or grantor, made in the absence of the deceased.
(b) The party against whom the evidence is adduced, or the party's assignor or grantor, is competent to testify concerning the matters described in subsection (a).
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-8 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Chapter 2. Competent and Incompetent Witnesses
34-45-2-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
34-45-2-1. Competent Witnesses Generally
34-45-2-2. Insane Persons Considered Incompetent Witnesses
34-45-2-3. Mentally Incompetent Persons and Guardians
34-45-2-4. Executors or Administrators; Depositions; Evidence Given by Decedent
34-45-2-5. Contract Actions Involving Heirs or Devisees; Competent Witnesses
34-45-2-6. Agent of Decedent; Transactions
34-45-2-7. Agent of Decedent; Contracts
34-45-2-8. Unlawfully Taking or Damaging Personal Property
34-45-2-10. Assignor or Grantor; Adverse Party
34-45-2-11. Executors or Administrators; Contracts Assigned
34-45-2-12. Effect of Lack of Religious Belief; Moral Character