Intervening forces; proximate causation
Ind. Code § 16-36-4-20
in effectSec. 20. The act of withholding or withdrawing life prolonging procedures, when done under:
(1) a living will declaration made under this chapter;
(2) a court order or decision of a court appointed guardian; or
(3) a good faith medical decision by the attending physician that the patient has a terminal condition;
is not an intervening force and does not affect the chain of proximate cause between the conduct of any person that placed the patient in a terminal condition and the patient's death.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-21.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/16Fetched: 10/17/2026