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Neutral Court Opinion Mar 01, 2026

Natalie A. Harves, by Richard E. Harves and Karen Sue Cutter as Co-Personal Representatives v. Daniel Rusyniak, in his Individual Capacity as Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and Decatur County Division of Family Resources.

── Natalie A. Harves, by Richard E. Harves and Karen Sue Cutter as Co-Personal Representatives v. Daniel Rusyniak, in his Individual Capacity as Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and Decatur County Division of Family Resources. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-00671 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: September 26, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Decatur Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Mathias and Judge Pyle concur This case concerns several documents that Harves and her children—Karen Sue Cutter, Richard E. Harves, and Ann Harves Bildner—signed on January 25, 2019, when Harves was ninety-one years old. First, Harves appointed Karen as her “Health Care Surrogate” and attorney-in-fact and appointed Richard and Ann as the successor surrogates and attorneys-in-fact.
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