Appeal Being Made to the Indiana State Supreme Court Over Cause-of-Death Data on Indiana Death Certificates

An appeal is being made to the Indiana Supreme Court over Vanderburgh Circuit Court Judge Carl Heldt’s ruling that cause-of-death data is not public record.

This week, Attoney General Greg Zoeller filed a request for the appeal to be heard, saying that “the ruling goes against state policy that death certificates should be available to the public.”

Read the AP article about the case in the October 21, 2013 edition of the Chesterton Tribune.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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