Indiana’s Online Guardianship Registry
Indiana is announcing a first in the nation registry of guardianship so financial institutions and others can quickly verify whether an individual is under a guardianship. An article, Indiana breaking ground with online guardianship registry explains
The benefits of the registry (public.courts.in.gov/GRP/) are twofold, DeBoer said. It both helps the courts monitor the cases and grants limited public access to further help protect those in the care of guardians.
The public online registry provides the names of the protected person and their appointed guardian, the protected person’s year of birth, whether the case is active or expired, the date the letters of guardianship were issued, the county issuing the guardianship and the case number, according to the state’s guardianship website.
Participation in the registry is voluntary and a bit over half of the counties are doing so. The registry was several years in the making and now, according to the article
The public portion of the registry offers access to less information, but enough to be helpful to banks, hospitals, police and others, said Kathryn Dolan, chief public information officer with the Indiana Supreme Court. …
Public access to the registry is helpful in all sorts of situations, such as police coming across someone wandering the streets who appears to be in need, Schneider said. Police could search a name and see if there is someone appointed to handle the person’s needs.
The registry also helps the courts keep track of statistics related to their guardianship cases….