Opinion ID: 2757761
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Heading: standard of review

Text: When, as here, “the facts before the trial court are not in dispute, then the question of subject matter jurisdiction is purely one of law,” which we review de novo and without any deference to the trial court’s determinations. GKN Co. v. Magness, 744 N.E.2d 397, 401 (Ind. 2001). Similarly, 3 interpreting a statute is a question of law that we review de novo, Justice v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co., 4 N.E.3d 1171, 1175 (Ind. 2014)—giving the statutory language its plain and ordinary meaning unless the statute indicates otherwise, because “‘[t]he best evidence of legislative intent is the language of the statute itself,’” Hendrix v. State, 759 N.E.2d 1045, 1047 (Ind. 2001).