diff --git a/omod-1.10/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderUtil.java b/omod-1.10/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderUtil.java
index 005171757..624b112ba 100644
--- a/omod-1.10/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderUtil.java
+++ b/omod-1.10/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderUtil.java
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ public static List<Order> getOrders(Patient patient, CareSetting careSetting, Or
 	        Date asOfDate, boolean includeVoided) {
 		
 		OrderService os = Context.getOrderService();
-		if (!INACTIVE.equals(status) && !ANY.equals(status)) {
+		if (!INACTIVE.equalsIgnoreCase(status) && !ANY.equalsIgnoreCase(status)) {
 			return os.getActiveOrders(patient, orderType, careSetting, asOfDate);
 		}
 		
-		if (INACTIVE.equals(status)) {
+		if (INACTIVE.equalsIgnoreCase(status)) {
 			includeVoided = false;
 		}
 		
 		List<Order> orders = os.getOrders(patient, careSetting, orderType, includeVoided);
-		if (INACTIVE.equals(status)) {
+		if (INACTIVE.equalsIgnoreCase(status)) {
 			removeActiveOrders(orders, asOfDate);
 		}
 		
diff --git a/omod-1.10/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java b/omod-1.10/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java
index 323a4265c..039a45e75 100644
--- a/omod-1.10/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java
+++ b/omod-1.10/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItems;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
@@ -486,6 +490,31 @@ public void shouldGetAllInActiveOrdersForAPatient() throws Exception {
 		        PropertyUtils.getProperty(resultList.get(1), "uuid").toString() });
 		assertThat(uuids, hasItems(expectedOrderUuids));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void doSearch_shouldGetAllInActiveOrdersForAPatient() throws Exception {
+		SimpleObject results = deserialize(handle(newGetRequest(getURI(),
+				new Parameter("patient", "da7f524f-27ce-4bb2-86d6-6d1d05312bd5"), new Parameter("status", "INACTIVE"),
+				new Parameter("careSetting", RestTestConstants1_10.CARE_SETTING_UUID))));
+		assertEquals(4, Util.getResultsSize(results));
+
+		List<Object> resultsList = Util.getResultsList(results);
+		List<Map<String, Object>> resultMap = new LinkedList<Map<String, Object>>();
+		for (Object o : resultsList) {
+			resultMap.add((Map<String, Object>) o);
+		}
+
+		String[] expectedStatuses = new String[] {"inactive", "inactive", "inactive", "inactive"};
+		List<String> statusList = new LinkedList<String>();
+		for (Map<String, Object> m : resultMap) {
+			for (String key : m.keySet()) {
+				if (key.equals("status")) {
+					statusList.add((String) m.get(key));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		assertEquals(Arrays.asList(expectedStatuses), statusList);
+	}
 	
 	@Test
 	public void shouldGetAllOrdersForAPatientInTheSpecifiedCareSetting() throws Exception {
diff --git a/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/resource/impl/BaseDelegatingResource.java b/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/resource/impl/BaseDelegatingResource.java
index 179b0327a..2da1ec86f 100644
--- a/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/resource/impl/BaseDelegatingResource.java
+++ b/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/resource/impl/BaseDelegatingResource.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -25,11 +26,14 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.ObjectUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.hibernate.proxy.HibernateProxy;
 import org.openmrs.OpenmrsObject;
+import org.openmrs.Order;
 import org.openmrs.api.context.Context;
 import org.openmrs.module.ModuleUtil;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.SimpleObject;
@@ -397,7 +401,8 @@ public SimpleObject asRepresentation(T delegate, Representation representation)
 					simple = (SimpleObject) meth.invoke(handler, delegate);
 				else
 					simple = (SimpleObject) meth.invoke(handler, delegate, representation);
-				
+
+				maybeDecorateWithStatus(simple, delegate);
 				maybeDecorateWithType(simple, delegate);
 				decorateWithResourceVersion(simple, representation);
 				
@@ -441,6 +446,46 @@ private void maybeDecorateWithType(SimpleObject simple, T delegate) {
 		if (hasTypesDefined())
 			simple.add(RestConstants.PROPERTY_FOR_TYPE, getTypeName(delegate));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * If this resource is an Order, add a STATUS field to the REST response which indicates whether the order is ACTIVE or INACTIVE.
+	 *
+	 * @param simple simplified representation which will be decorated with the status
+	 * @param delegate the object that simple represents
+	 */
+
+	private void maybeDecorateWithStatus(SimpleObject simple, T delegate) {
+		if (delegate instanceof Order) {
+			Date asOfDate = new Date();
+			Order order = (Order) delegate;
+			if (order.isDiscontinued(asOfDate) || isExpired(order, asOfDate)) {
+				simple.add("status", "inactive");
+			} else {
+				simple.add("status", "active");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param order to check the autoExpireDate
+	 * @param checkDate to check against the order.autoExpireDate
+	 * @return boolean true or false if the order.autoExpireDate is passed or not
+	 */
+	private boolean isExpired(Order order, Date checkDate) {
+		if (order.isVoided()) {
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			if (checkDate == null) {
+				checkDate = new Date();
+			}
+
+			if (checkDate.after(order.getDateCreated())) {
+				return order.getAutoExpireDate() != null && checkDate.after(order.getAutoExpireDate());
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * If this resources supports subclasses, this method gets the user-friendly type name for the