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IN HB1061

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/3/2019

Primary Sponsor

Daniel Leonard

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Courts must award attorney's fees to the prevailing party in all civil actions, changing from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall")
  • Removes previous requirements that fee awards be limited to cases involving frivolous, unreasonable, groundless, or bad faith litigation
  • Amends Indiana Code IC 34-52-1-1 concerning civil procedure cost recovery
  • Effective date of July 1, 2019
  • Legislative services agency directed to prepare follow-up legislation for the 2020 session to organize and correct affected statutes

Legislative Description

Attorney's fees. Requires a court to award attorney's fees to the prevailing party in all civil actions.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/3/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/3/2019

Full Bill Text

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