Short title Sec. 1. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Probate Code. (Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.101.) As amended ...

Procedure; prior proceedings or rights Sec. 2. (a) The procedure herein prescribed shall govern all proceedings in probate brought after January 1, 1954; and also all ...

Definitions; rules of construction Sec. 3. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this article, unless otherwise apparent from the context: (1) "Child" includes an adopted ...

Legislative history Sec. 4. The report of the probate code study commission made pursuant to Acts 1949, c. 302, s. 5 and Acts 1951, c. 347, ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1971, P.L.407, SEC.2.) ...

Disqualification of judges Sec. 6. When any judge or his spouse shall be related within the third degree of consanguinity, according to the civil law, to ...

Rules and forms of procedure Sec. 7. The court may promulgate rules and forms of procedure for probate proceedings, not inconsistent with the provisions of this ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1971, P.L.407, SEC.2.) ...

Petitions Sec. 9. Every application to the court, unless otherwise provided, shall be by petition signed and verified by or on behalf of the petitioner. No ...

Notice of filings; objections or answers Sec. 10. Where, pursuant to law, order of court, or the request of the moving party, notice of the filing ...

Notice to interested persons Sec. 11. No notice to interested persons need be given except as specifically provided for in this article or as ordered by ...

Service of notice Sec. 12. Unless waived and except as otherwise provided by law, all notices required by this article to be served upon any person ...

Service by publication and mail; personal service Sec. 13. Service by publication and by mail shall be made by the clerk at the instance of the ...

Service upon attorney Sec. 14. (a) If an attorney shall have entered his appearance in writing for any person in any probate proceeding or matter pending ...

Form of notice Sec. 15. The form of such notice may be prescribed by the court by rule or order. A notice shall be deemed sufficient ...

Proof of service; filing Sec. 16. Proof of service in all cases requiring notice, whether by publication, mailing or otherwise, shall be filed before the hearing. ...

Proof of service as evidence Sec. 17. Such proof of service shall be received in evidence in any court in this state, and be deemed sufficient ...

Notices; proof of compliance Sec. 18. Nothing contained in section 16 or section 17 of this chapter shall preclude any person from proving in any suit ...

Notice of hearing; waiver Sec. 19. Any person legally competent who is required to be served with notice of any hearing in a probate proceeding may ...

Incapacitated persons; unknown persons; guardians Sec. 20. (a) In a proceeding involving estates of decedents or trusts, or in judicially supervised settlements, persons are bound by ...

Orders, judgments, or decrees; vacating or modifying Sec. 21. For illegality, fraud or mistake, upon application filed within one (1) year after the discharge of the ...

Appeals; stay of proceedings Sec. 22. Any person considering himself aggrieved by any decision of a court having probate jurisdiction in proceedings under this ...

Record of proceedings; dockets Sec. 23. The following records of proceedings under this article shall be maintained in addition to other records as the court having ...

Fraud; relief for injured parties Sec. 24. Whenever fraud has been perpetrated in connection with any proceeding or in any statement filed under this probate code ...

Estate; distribution Sec. 1. (a) The estate of a person dying intestate shall descend and be distributed as provided in this section. (b) Except as ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.176-2003, SEC.7.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.288, SEC.2.) ...

Wife's interest in real property by reason of marriage; extinguishment Sec. 3.1. A married man may, in his own name as if he were unmarried, sell, ...

Part not disposed of by will Sec. 4. If part but not all of the estate of a decedent is validly disposed of by will, the ...

Kindred of half blood; inheritance Sec. 5. Kindred of the half blood shall inherit the same share which they would have inherited if they had been ...

Afterborn children; inheritance Sec. 6. Descendants of the intestate, begotten before his death but born thereafter, shall inherit as if they had been born in the ...

Illegitimate children; inheritance Sec. 7. (a) For the purpose of inheritance (on the maternal side) to, through, and from a child born out of wedlock, the ...

Adopted children; inheritance Sec. 8. For all purposes of intestate succession, including succession by, through, or from a ...

Relationship through two lines; share Sec. 9. A person who is related to the intestate through two (2) lines of relationship, though under either one alone ...

Advancements; gratuitous inter vivos transfer Sec. 10. (a) If a person dies intestate as to all his estate, property which he gave in his lifetime to ...

Dower and curtesy abolished Sec. 11. The estates of dower and curtesy are hereby abolished. (Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.211.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.147-1984, SEC.2.) ...

Constructive trust Sec. 12.1. (a) A person is a constructive trustee of any property that is acquired by the person or that the person is otherwise ...

Waiver; intestate share Sec. 13. (a) The intestate share or other expectancy to which the spouse or any other heir is entitled may be waived at ...

Adultery; forfeiture of rights to estate or trust Sec. 14. If either a husband or wife shall have left the other and shall be living at ...

Abandonment; forfeiture of rights to estate or trust Sec. 15. If a person shall abandon his or her spouse without just cause, he or she shall ...

Limitations and conditions Sec. 1. (a) When a married individual dies testate as to any part of the individual's estate, the surviving spouse is entitled to ...

Time Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the election by a surviving spouse to take the share hereinbefore provided must be made ...

Forms; recording; service Sec. 3. (a) The election to take the share hereinbefore provided shall be in writing, signed and acknowledged by the surviving spouse or ...

Personal right; election by attorney in fact or guardian Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the right of election of the surviving spouse ...

Binding effect; change Sec. 5. An election by or on behalf of a surviving spouse to take the share provided in section 1 of this chapter ...

Waiver of right Sec. 6. (a) The right of election of a surviving spouse given under section 1 of this chapter may be waived before or ...

Failure to elect; intestate succession Sec. 7. When a surviving spouse makes no election to take against the will, he shall receive the benefit of all ...

Afterborn or adopted children; omitted heirs Sec. 8. (a) When a testator fails to provide in his will for any of his children born or adopted ...

Surviving spouse and family allowances Sec. 1. The surviving spouse of a decedent who was domiciled in Indiana at his death is entitled from the estate ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

Sound mind; age; armed forces Sec. 1. Any person of sound mind who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, or who is younger and ...

Writing; witnesses Sec. 2. (a) All wills except nuncupative wills shall be executed in writing. (b) Any person competent at the time of attestation to ...

Signatures; videotape Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a will executed before, on, or after July 1, 2003. A will, other than a nuncupative will, ...

Self-proving clause Sec. 3.1. (a) This section applies to a will executed before, on, or after July 1, 2003. When a will is executed, the will ...

Videotape Sec. 3.2. Subject to the applicable Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure, a videotape may ...

Nuncupative will; requisites; limitations Sec. 4. (a) A nuncupative will may be made only by a person in imminent peril of death, whether from illness or ...

Compliance with law Sec. 5. A will is legally executed if the manner of its execution complies with the law, in force either at the time ...

Revocation; revival Sec. 6. No will in writing, nor any part thereof, except as in this article provided, shall be revoked, unless the testator, or some ...

Nuncupative will; revocation Sec. 7. A nuncupative will or any part thereof can be revoked by another nuncupative will. (Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.507.) ...

Revocation; divorce; annulment of marriage; change in circumstances Sec. 8. If after making a will the testator is ...

Trust inter vivos; execution Sec. 9. An instrument creating an inter vivos trust in order to be valid need not be executed as a testamentary instrument ...

Construction of wills; rules Sec. 1. In the absence of a contrary intent appearing in the will, wills shall be construed as to real and personal ...

Contest of wills; admission prevented; forfeiture of benefits Sec. 2. If, in any will admitted to probate in any of the courts of this state, there ...

Restraint of marriage Sec. 3. A devise to a spouse with a condition in restraint of marriage shall stand, but the condition shall be void. ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.293-1983, SEC.2.) ...

Construction of wills; petition Sec. 5. The court in which a will is probated shall ...

Determination of heirship; good faith purchasers Sec. 6. (a) At any time during the administration of a decedent's estate, the personal representative or any interested person ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.1-1989, SEC.75.) ...

Venue; transfer of proceedings Sec. 1. (a) The venue for the probate of a will and for the administration of an estate shall be: (1) ...

One proceeding in rem Sec. 2. The probate of a will and the administration of the estate shall be considered one (1) proceeding ...

Produce will in court; contempt; damages Sec. 3. (a) After the death of a person, the person having custody of the decedent's will: (1) may; ...

Will depository Sec. 3.1. (a) This section applies whether it is: (1) known; or (2) unknown; whether a testator is living. (b) As ...

Petitions; hearing Sec. 4. (a) Any interested person or a personal representative named in the will may petition the court having jurisdiction of the administration ...

Petition for probate; letters testamentary; administrator with will annexed; appointment of administrator Sec. 5. A petition for the probate of a will and for the issuance ...

Notice of hearing; request; provision of relevant materials by personal representative Sec. 6. (a) At any time after the issuance of letters, any person interested in ...

Notice of administration Sec. 7. (a) As soon as letters testamentary or of administration, general or special, supervised or unsupervised, have been issued, the clerk of ...

Personal representative; reasonable diligence to discover creditors of decedent; affidavit; presumption of reasonable diligence Sec. 7.5. (a) A personal representative shall exercise reasonable diligence to discover ...

Death in doubt; search for alleged decedent Sec. 8. Whenever there is any doubt that the person whose estate is to be administered is dead, the ...

Admission to probate; proof of will Sec. 9. Before a written will shall be admitted to probate, the will shall be proved by one (1) or ...

Absence of competent witnesses; handwriting; proof Sec. 10. If none of the subscribing witnesses to a will can be found, or if all are dead, absent ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

Nuncupative wills; proof Sec. 12. Proof of nuncupative wills is subject to the requirements of IC 29-1-5-4. (Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.712.) As amended ...

Admission to probate; petitions; self-proved wills; signature requirement presumptions Sec. 13. (a) When a will is offered for probate, if the ...

Certificate of probate; evidence Sec. 14. When proved as herein provided, every written will, if in the custody of the court, shall have endorsed thereon or ...

( Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.289, SEC.4.) ...

Determination of intestacy; presentation of will for probate; time limits; sale of property Sec. 15.1. (a) When it has been determined that a decedent died intestate ...

Objections to probate Sec. 16. Prior to the admission of a will to probate, written objections to its probate alleging that such objections are not made ...

Contest of wills; requisites; grounds Sec. 17. Any interested person may contest the validity of any will in the court having jurisdiction over the probate of ...

Contest of wills; notice Sec. 18. When an action is brought to contest the validity of any will as provided in this article, notice is served ...

Contest of wills; bond of plaintiff Sec. 19. At the time of filing a verified complaint under section 17 of this chapter, the plaintiff in the ...

Contest of wills; burden of proof Sec. 20. In a suit: (1) objecting to the probate of a will under section 16 of this chapter; ...

Contest of wills; burden of proof Sec. 21. If such determination be against the validity of such will or the competency of the proof, the ...

Revocation of probate Sec. 22. Whenever the probate of any will shall be revoked as herein provided, the clerk of the proper court shall record such ...

Real and personal property; devolution; charges against Sec. 23. When a person dies, his real and personal property, passes to persons to whom it is devised ...

Probate of will; necessity to prove title to property Sec. 24. Except as provided in IC 1971, 29-1-8-1, 2, and 3, and IC 1971, 29-1-13-2, no ...

Foreign wills; receipt and recording authorized Sec. 25. Any will that has been proved or allowed in any other state or in any foreign country, according ...

Foreign wills; certification Sec. 26. Such will shall be duly certified under the seal of the court or officer taking such proof; or a copy of ...

Foreign wills; filing and recording Sec. 27. Such will or copy, and the probate thereof, may be produced by any person interested therein to the court ...

Executed in Indiana; allowed in foreign state or country Sec. 28. No will executed in this state and proved or allowed in any other state or ...

Foreign wills; contest Sec. 29. In all cases of foreign wills and testaments heretofore admitted or hereafter to be admitted to probate, or which have been ...

Persons entitled to petition; notice to creditors Sec. 1. (a) Upon the filing of a petition under IC 29-1-7-5, the following persons may at any time ...

Version a Notice to distributees Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2005. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2005. ...

Version b Notice to distributees Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2005. See also preceding version of this section, ...

Conditions to grant of petition; collateral attack; revocation Sec. 2. (a) The court may grant a petition for administration without court supervision if: (1) ...

Personal representative's bond Sec. 2.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a personal representative is not required to execute and file a bond relating to ...

Powers of personal representative to act without order of court Sec. 3. Subject to section 2(d) of this chapter, ...

Inventories Sec. 3.2. (a) Not more than two (2) months after the appointment of a personal representative under this chapter, the ...

Distribution of real property Sec. 3.4. (a) This section applies to the distribution of real property by a personal representative to a devisee or heir under ...

Conveyance of real property Sec. 3.6. (a) This section applies to a conveyance of real property by a personal representative under this chapter. (b) The ...

Prompt closing of estates Sec. 3.8. (a) A personal representative shall close an estate administered under this chapter as promptly as possible. (b) If a ...

Closing estate; procedures; termination of appointment of personal representative Sec. 4. (a) Unless prohibited by order of the court and except for estates being administered in ...

Uncontested closing statements; audits and inquiries Sec. 4.5. If, after three (3) months following the date that the closing statement required under section 4 of this ...

Undischarged claims; actions against distributees; contribution Sec. 5. After assets of an estate have been distributed, and subject to section 7 of this chapter, an undischarged ...

Claims against personal representatives; limitation Sec. 6. Unless previously barred by adjudication and except as provided in the closing statement, all claims against the personal representative, ...

Claims against distributees; limitation Sec. 7. Unless otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant, including a claimant under a disability, to recover from a distributee who ...

Subsequently discovered estate; appointment of personal representative Sec. 8. If other property of the estate is discovered after the estate has been settled and the personal ...

Small estates; affidavit of conditions; motor vehicle transfers; securities; insurance death benefits; safe deposit boxes Sec. 1. (a) Forty-five (45) days after the death of a ...

Personal property; payments; delivery; transfer; release Sec. 2. The person paying, delivering, transferring, or issuing personal property or the evidence thereof pursuant to affidavit is discharged ...

Disbursement and distribution of estate Sec. 3. (a) If it appears that the value of a decedent's gross probate estate, less liens and encumbrances, does not ...

Closing of estate; statement Sec. 4. (a) Unless prohibited by order of the court and except for estates being administered by supervised personal representatives, a personal ...

Affidavit or entitlement to property Sec. 4.5. The person claiming to be entitled to payment or delivery of the property belonging to the decedent may present ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

Payment of claims; accounting; closing administration Sec. 8. Whenever, after the inventory has been filed by a personal representative, it is established ...

Prepaid funeral expenses; last illness expense Sec. 9. This article shall not be construed to prevent the application ...

Persons represented; creditors; taxing authorities Sec. 1. The compromise of any contest or controversy as to: (a) admission to probate of any instrument offered as ...

Terms of agreement; execution; guardian ad litem Sec. 2. (a) The terms of the compromise shall be set forth in an agreement in writing which shall ...

Notice; order approving agreement Sec. 3. Upon due notice, in the manner directed by the court, to all interested persons in being, or ...

Letters testamentary; letters of general administration; persons to whom granted; order; qualifications Sec. 1. (a) Domiciliary letters testamentary or domiciliary letters of general administration may be ...

Letters; renouncing right Sec. 2. Any person entitled to letters testamentary or to general letters of administration may renounce his right thereto in writing, which renunciation ...

Letters; issuance; conditions Sec. 3. Letters testamentary, of administration, of administration with the will annexed, de bonis non, and all other letters special or otherwise, shall ...

Letters; evidence of authority Sec. 4. Letters issued to a personal representative, attested by the clerk, and under the seal of the ...

Actions or proceedings; evidence of authority Sec. 5. In any action or proceeding brought by the personal representative in such representative capacity, it ...

Removal of personal representatives; prior acts Sec. 6. When the personal representative becomes incapacitated (unless the incapacity is caused only by a physical illness, infirmity, or ...

Successor representatives; appointment Sec. 7. When a personal representative dies, is removed by the court, or resigns and such resignation is accepted by the court, the ...

Successor representatives; rights and powers Sec. 8. When a successor personal representative or an administrator with the will annexed is appointed, he shall have all ...

Joint representatives; powers; survivor Sec. 9. Every power exercisable by joint personal representative may be exercised by the survivor of them when one is dead or ...

Joint representatives; powers Sec. 10. Where there are two (2) or more personal representatives, the following powers can be exercised, except as otherwise provided in section ...

Joint representatives; powers; voting shares of stock Sec. 11. (a) Where powers possessed by two (2) or more personal representatives are to be exercised by them ...

Voting corporate shares Sec. 12. The personal representative may vote shares of corporate stock in person, or by proxy, discretionary or otherwise and with or without ...

Protection of persons dealing in good faith Sec. 12.5. A person who in good faith either assists a personal representative or deals with him for value ...

Compensation; attorney's services Sec. 13. If a testator by will makes provision for the compensation of his personal representative, that shall ...

Actions on probate; expenses and attorney's fees Sec. 14. When any person designated as executor in a will, or the administrator with the will annexed, or ...

Special administrator; appointment; appeal of order Sec. 15. A special administrator may be appointed by the court if: (a) from any cause delay is necessarily ...

Pending will contest; administration of estate Sec. 16. Prior to the adjudication of a pending will contest any general personal representative or any special administrator, within ...

Damages for wrongful death Sec. 17. An administrator collecting damages for personal injury resulting in the death of any decedent, may, at any time, file in ...

Wrongful death; nonresident; appointment of administrator Sec. 18. Any court having probate jurisdiction in the state of Indiana may appoint an administrator for the estate of ...

Termination of authority; validity of prior acts Sec. 19. All acts of personal representatives whose authority shall subsequently be terminated because an estate found to be ...

Conditions requiring execution and filing Sec. 1. A personal representative is not required to execute and file a bond relating to the duties of his office ...

Deposit of money or assets; withdrawal Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for the personal representative to agree with his surety for the deposit of any ...

Run to state; joint and several liability; conflict of laws Sec. 3. The bond of the personal representative shall run to the state of Indiana to ...

Joint representatives; personal representative as surety Sec. 4. When two (2) or more persons are appointed personal representatives of the same estate and are required by ...

Affidavit of surety; value of property Sec. 5. Each personal surety shall execute and file with the court an affidavit that he owns real property, subject ...

Sufficiency; value of assets; evidence of title Sec. 6. No bond of a personal representative shall be deemed sufficient unless it shall have been examined and ...

Failure to give bond; successor; revocation of letters Sec. 7. If at any time a personal representative fails to give a bond as required by the ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

New bond; release of surety; accounting Sec. 9. (a) Any surety upon any bond of any personal representative or other fiduciary may petition the court ...

Breach of obligation; damages; intervention Sec. 10. (a) The court may, on breach of the obligation of the bond of the personal representative, after notice to ...

Validity; bound to full extent; action on defective bond Sec. 11. No surety bond entered into under the provisions of this article shall be void for ...

Classification of properties; appraisers; copies of inventories to interested persons Sec. 1. (a) Within two (2) months after his appointment, unless a longer time ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.289, SEC.3.) ...

Distant places or types of property; separate inventory and appraisement Sec. 3. When such estate is situated in places distant from each other or is ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.51.) ...

Right of action against executor; insolvent personal representative Sec. 5. The naming of any person as executor in a will shall not operate as a discharge ...

Evidence Sec. 6. Inventories and appraisements may be given in evidence in all proceedings, but shall not be conclusive, and other evidence may be introduced to ...

Possession of property; duties of personal representative Sec. 1. Every personal representative shall have a right to, and shall take, possession of all the real and ...

Preserving estate; action to prevent loss Sec. 2. No executor named in the will shall interfere with the estate entrusted to him further than to preserve ...

Actions; trespass; waste; costs; examine party Sec. 3. Every personal representative shall have full power to maintain any suit in any court of competent jurisdiction, in ...

Fraudulent conveyances; recovery Sec. 4. The real and personal property liable for the payment of debts of a decedent shall include all property transferred by him ...

Compromise; debtor or obligor Sec. 5. When it appears for the best interest of the estate, the personal representative may on order of the court effect ...

Real estate interest as personal assets; proceeds from sale of real estate Sec. 6. (a) Unless foreclosure shall have been completed and redemption period shall have ...

Mortgages; release and discharge Sec. 7. When, in any case, a mortgage to the decedent is redeemed, ...

Valueless property; abandonment Sec. 8. When any property is valueless, or is so encumbered, or is in such condition that it is of no benefit to ...

Embezzlement; conversion Sec. 9. If a person embezzles or converts to the person's own use the personal property of a decedent before the appointment of a ...

Petitions; concealment; embezzlement; conversion; adverse interest; attachment Sec. 10. (a) Upon the filing of a petition by the ...

Business of decedent; continuing Sec. 11. Upon a showing of advantage to the estate, the court may authorize the personal representative to continue any business of ...

Conveyance or lease after death of decedent Sec. 12. (a) When any person legally bound to make a conveyance or lease dies before making the same, ...

Contracts; performance by personal representative Sec. 13. If at the time of his death the decedent was obligated by the terms of any contract to further ...

Investment of funds Sec. 14. Subject to his primary duty to preserve the estate for prompt distribution, and to the terms of the will, if any, ...

Deposit of funds Sec. 15. Whenever it is consistent with a proper administration of the estate, the personal representative may deposit, as a fiduciary, the funds ...

Collection of indebtedness; secure possession of property; special administrator appointed Sec. 16. Whenever any interested person files with the court having jurisdiction of an estate a ...

Limitations; filing; claims barred or not; liens; tort claims Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in IC 29-1-7-7, all claims against a decedent's estate, other than ...

Actions; definite statement; personal representative actions; deductions from claims Sec. 2. No action shall be brought by complaint and summons against ...

Future claims; payment; bonds Sec. 3. Upon proof of a claim which will become due at some future time, the court shall allow it at the ...

Actions; joint contracts and judgment Sec. 4. No action shall be brought by complaint and summons against any personal representative and any other person or persons, ...

Joint contracts and judgments deemed joint and several Sec. 5. Every contract executed jointly by the decedent with any other person or persons, and every joint ...

Secured claims, allowance, and payment Sec. 6. The allowance and payment of secured claims shall be made in accordance with the "Uniform Act Governing Secured Creditors ...

Contingent claims; payment; bond of distributee Sec. 7. Contingent claims which cannot be allowed as absolute debts shall, nevertheless, be filed in the court. If allowed ...

Contingent claims; liability of distributees; contribution Sec. 8. If a contingent claim shall have been filed and allowed against an estate, and all the assets of ...

Classification of claims; preferences Sec. 9. (a) All claims shall be classified in one (1) of ...

Allowance; disallowance; expenses of administration Sec. 10. (a) On or before three (3) months and fifteen (15) days after the date of the first published notice ...

Inquiry into correctness; liability on bond Sec. 11. Before allowing or paying claims against the estate he represents, it shall be the duty of every personal ...

Trial; pleading; dismissal Sec. 12. (a) When any claim is transferred for trial, it shall not be necessary for the personal representative to plead any matter ...

Trial of claims; judgment; set-off or counterclaim Sec. 13. The trial of a claim under this chapter shall be conducted as in ordinary civil cases, ...

Petitions; defend claims; objections to payment Sec. 14. (a) In all cases when a claim is filed against the estate, and before it is paid, any ...

Execution; final process; payment; mortgages, pledges, or liens; enforcement Sec. 15. No execution or other final process shall be issued on any allowance or judgment rendered ...

Liens and mortgages, enforcement; sale of real estate; exception Sec. 16. Unless an earlier date is authorized by the judge of the court having jurisdiction of ...

Personal representative claims Sec. 17. (a) Whenever a claim in favor of a personal representative against ...

Compromise of claims Sec. 18. The personal representative may, if it appears for the best interests of the estate, compromise any claim against the estate, ...

Payment of claims; bond or security of creditor; report of insolvency Sec. 19. (a) The personal representative at any time shall pay the claims as ...

Mortgage; pledge; lien; payment; renewal; extension Sec. 20. When any assets of the estate are encumbered by mortgage, pledge or other ...

Adverse claims; notice; trial Sec. 21. When any person claims any interest in any property in the possession of the personal representative adverse to the estate, ...

Priorities; wills; orders of court Sec. 1. In determining what property of the estate shall be sold, mortgaged, leased or exchanged for any purpose provided in ...

Powers under will; optional procedure Sec. 2. When the personal representative, under the terms of any will, is given the power to sell, mortgage, lease or ...

Payment of claims, expenses, and taxes; distribution of estate Sec. 3. Any real or personal property belonging to an estate may be sold, mortgaged, leased or ...

Order not granted; bond given by interested person Sec. 4. An order authorizing a personal representative to sell, mortgage or lease real or personal property for ...

Credit sales Sec. 5. In all sales of real or personal property, the court may authorize credit to be given by the personal representative for a ...

Purchasers, mortgagees, pledgees, or lienors; allowance of claims Sec. 6. At any sale of real or personal property upon which there is a mortgage, pledge or ...

Collateral attack; irregularity in proceedings Sec. 7. No proceedings for sale, mortgage, lease, exchange or conveyance by a personal representative of property belonging to the ...

Petition; stock; bonds; securities Sec. 8. A personal representative may sell, mortgage or lease any personal property belonging to the estate upon filing a petition setting ...

Perishable properties; family allowance; title to property; approval Sec. 9. Perishable property and other personal property which will depreciate in value if not disposed of promptly, ...

Unit sales, mortgages, or leases Sec. 10. Whenever it is for the best interests of the estate, real and personal property of the estate may be ...

Petition; sale, mortgage, or lease of real property; order of court Sec. 11. A personal representative may file a petition to sell, mortgage or lease any ...

Conflicting titles; process and notice Sec. 12. Upon any petition to sell or mortgage real property the court shall have power to investigate and determine all ...

Court order; description of property; sequence of parcels; private sale, public auction; terms Sec. 13. The order shall describe the property ...

Fair market value; appraisal; reappraisal Sec. 14. The value of the property for the purposes of a sale of real property pursuant to section 3 and ...

Real property sales; notice Sec. 15. In all sales of real property the sale may be made with or without notice as directed by the court. ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.238-2005, SEC.63.) ...

Acquisition of beneficial interest in real property of estate by personal representative Sec. 16.5. (a) This section applies to a supervised or an unsupervised ...

Execution of conveyance or lease; certified copy of order; power given under will Sec. 17. Whenever a personal representative executes a deed, mortgage, lease or ...

Forms for conveyances Sec. 18. (a) Whenever a personal representative shall be ordered by the court to execute a conveyance of the real estate of a ...

Irregularity or defect in proceedings; guardians; good faith purchasers Sec. 19. (a) No sale of any real estate made ...

Lien of state for inheritance or estate taxes Sec. 20. The lien of the state for inheritance or estate taxes shall not extend to any interest ...

Fees and expenses Sec. 21. In connection with the sale, mortgage, lease or exchange of property, the court may authorize the personal representative to pay, out ...

Platting real property Sec. 22. When it is for the best interests of the estate in order to dispose of real property, the court upon application ...

Exchange of property; terms and conditions Sec. 23. Whenever it shall appear upon the petition of the personal representative or of ...

Personal liability, loss to estate Sec. 1. (a) Every personal representative shall be liable for and chargeable in his accounts with all of the estate of ...

Closing estate; final account Sec. 2. Every personal representative shall close the estate as promptly as possible. Unless for good cause shown the time for filing ...

Verified account; filing; time Sec. 3. Every personal representative may file in the court a verified account of his administration at any time prior to final ...

Schedules; verification; certified public accountant Sec. 4. Accounts rendered to the court by a personal representative shall be for a period distinctly stated and shall consist ...

Petition to settle and allow; petition to distribute Sec. 5. At the time of filing of an account ...

Hearing and notice; final distribution; unknown heirs; intermediate account Sec. 6. (a) Upon the filing of any account in a decedent's estate, hearing and notice thereof ...

Objections; modification Sec. 7. At any time prior to the hearing on an account of a personal representative, any interested person may ...

Approval or disapproval; appeals; relief from liability Sec. 8. Upon the approval of the account of a ...

Death or incompetency of personal representative; out-of-state residency Sec. 9. (a) If the personal representative dies or becomes incompetent, his account shall ...

Noncompliance with orders; attachment; imprisonment Sec. 10. Any person who has been ordered to account as herein provided, and who fails to comply with such order, ...

Order of court; perishable property; depreciable property; storage or preservation; income and profits Sec. 1. (a) At any time during the administration, upon application of the ...

Final accounts; decree of final distribution Sec. 2. (a) After the expiration of the time limit for the filing of claims, and after all claims ...

Abatement of distributee shares Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, shares of the distributees shall abate, for the payment of claims, legacies, ...

Abatement of distributee shares; contribution by legatees and devisees Sec. 4. When real or personal property which has been ...

Advancements Sec. 5. All questions of advancements made, or alleged to have been made, by an intestate to any heir may be heard and determined by ...

Indebtedness of distributee; offset Sec. 6. When a distributee of an estate is indebted to the estate, the amount of the indebtedness if due, or the ...

Income received during administration Sec. 7. Unless the decedent's will provides otherwise, all income received by the personal representative during the administration of the estate shall ...

General legacies; interest Sec. 8. General legacies shall not bear interest, unless a contrary intent is indicated by the will. (Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, ...

Specific devise; mortgage; pledge; lien Sec. 9. When any real or personal property subject to a mortgage, pledge or other lien is specifically devised, the devisee ...

Distribution in kind; partition sale; election of distributee; annuity; good faith purchasers or lenders Sec. 10. (a) When the estate is otherwise ready to be distributed, ...

Undivided interests; distribution, partition in kind or by sale, distribution by total fair market value; appointment of commissioner Sec. 11. (a) When two ...

Unclaimed estate assets; disposition procedures; escheat; time limit; exceptions Sec. 12. (a) If after reasonable search, satisfactory to the court, there shall be no known heir ...

Supplemental reports; discharge; limitation of actions Sec. 13. Upon the filing of a supplemental report of distribution together with receipts or other evidence satisfactory to the ...

After discovered property; reopening estate; inheritance tax Sec. 14. (a) If, after an estate has been settled and the personal representative discharged, other property of the ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.289, SEC.4.) ...

Petition to determine heirs of estate; contents; notice; hearing; decree Sec. 15.1. (a) Whenever any person has died leaving property or any interest therein and ...

Rules of equity; relief not limited Sec. 16. The limitations provided for in IC 29-1-1-21 and section 13 of this chapter shall not deprive any interested ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.169-1988, SEC.8.) ...

Definitions Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, or an association. "Department" ...

Party in interest; notice of hearing Sec. 2. The Secretary shall be a party in interest in any proceeding: (1) for the appointment ...

Appointment of guardian Sec. 3. Whenever, pursuant to any law of the United States or regulation of the department, it is necessary, prior to payment of ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1971, P.L.412, SEC.1.) ...

Petition for appointment Sec. 5. (a) A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed by any relative or friend of the incapacitated person ...

Appointment of guardian; condition precedent to payment of veterans' benefits; minor ward Sec. 6. Where a petition is filed for the ...

Appointment of guardian; condition precedent to payment of veterans' benefits; incapacitated person Sec. 7. Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian ...

Filing petitions; notice Sec. 8. Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian or the issuance of a protective order under this ...

Bond of guardian Sec. 9. (a) Upon appointment, a guardian shall execute and file bond to be approved by the court in an amount not less ...

Accounting by guardian; notice; hearing Sec. 10. (a) Every guardian who has received or shall receive money or other things of value from the Department shall ...

Removal of guardian Sec. 11. If any guardian shall fail to file with the court any account as required by this article or by an order ...

Compensation of guardian; liquidation of loans or investments Sec. 12. (a) Compensation payable to guardians shall: (1) be based upon services rendered; and (2) ...

Investment of funds Sec. 13. Every guardian shall invest the surplus funds of the estate of the protected person, in which investment the guardian has no ...

Support; maintenance; education Sec. 14. (a) A guardian shall not apply any portion of the income or the estate for the support or maintenance of any ...

Real estate acquisition Sec. 15. (a) The court may authorize the purchase of the entire fee simple title to real estate in Indiana in which the ...

Copies of records; determining eligibility Sec. 16. When a copy of any public record is required by the department to be used in determining the eligibility ...

Discharge of guardian Sec. 17. In addition to any other provisions of law relating to judicial restoration and discharge of guardian, a certificate by the Department ...

Application of certain provisions of chapter Sec. 18. The provisions of this chapter relating to surety bonds and the administration of estates of protected persons shall ...

Affirmation or representation; form Sec. 1. (a) Wherever in this article it is provided that any pleading, petition, report, or other document of any kind be ...

Definitions Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: (1) "local administration" means administration by a personal representative appointed in this state pursuant ...

Indebtedness to non-resident decedent; payments to domiciliary foreign personal representative Sec. 2. At any time after the expiration of forty-five (45) days from the death of ...

Payments to domiciliary foreign personal representative; release of debtor Sec. 3. Payment or delivery made in good faith on the basis of the proof of authority ...

Payments to domiciliary foreign personal representative; notice by resident creditor to debtor as bar Sec. 4. Payment of delivery under section 2 of this chapter may ...

Domiciliary foreign personal representative; filing copies of appointment and bond Sec. 5. If no local administration or ...

Domiciliary foreign personal representative; powers Sec. 6. A domiciliary foreign personal representative who has complied with section 5 may exercise as to assets in this state ...

Domiciliary foreign personal representative; limitation of powers by local personal representative Sec. 7. The powers of a domiciliary foreign personal representative under section 2 or 6 ...

Non-resident decedents; proceedings; application of law Sec. 8. In respect to a non-resident decedent, the provisions of article 1 of this title govern (a) proceedings, if ...

Foreign personal representative; submission to jurisdiction of state court Sec. 9. A foreign personal representative submits himself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state ...

Foreign personal representative; subjection to decedent jurisdiction Sec. 10. In addition to jurisdiction conferred by section 9 of this chapter, a foreign personal representative ...

Service of process on foreign personal representative Sec. 11. (a) Service of process may be made upon the foreign personal representative by registered or certified mail, ...

Adjudications binding on personal representative Sec. 12. An adjudication rendered in any jurisdiction in favor of or against any personal representative of the estate is as ...

Appointment; salary Sec. 1. (a) In all counties of this state containing a voting population of over seven ...

Oath of office; fees and compensation Sec. 2. Said commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath for the faithful discharge of his duties, and shall hold ...

Oaths; acknowledgments; removal from office Sec. 3. Said commissioner shall have power to administer oaths, take acknowledgments and do all other acts legally pertaining to said ...

Duties defined; records Sec. 4. At the time of the appointment of said commissioner, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the court shall define ...

Rules for protection of trusts; speedy transaction of probate business Sec. 5. Such court shall have power to ...

Dispensing with services; salary Sec. 6. At any time after the appointment of such commissioner, when such court shall deem that his services may be dispensed ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.71.) ...

Report of findings; compensation Sec. 1. In all counties of this state, having a population of not less than thirty thousand (30,000) nor more than one ...

Five years absence; presumption of death Sec. 1. (a) When any resident of Indiana is absent from the individual's usual place of residence and gone to ...

Discharge of administrator; return of absentee Sec. 2. Such administrator shall not be discharged on the return and reappearance of such person until discharged by the ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.289, SEC.3.) ...

Guardians; appointment Sec. 4. Such court shall have power to appoint guardians of the persons and estates of the children under eighteen (18) years of age ...

Distribution of estates; bond; trustee Sec. 5. (a) The property of such departed person, real and personal, and all his ...

Distribution of estates; bond; trustee appointed Sec. 1. When any resident of this state shall have absented himself from his usual place of residence and gone ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.263-1989, SEC.3.) ...

Guardians; appointment; revocation Sec. 1. Whenever a person (referred to as an absentee) serving in or with the armed forces of the United States, or a ...

Guardian bond; powers; removal and substitution Sec. 2. The court shall have full discretionary authority to appoint any suitable person as guardian and may require the ...

Termination of guardianship; executor or administrator Sec. 3. Upon petition signed by the absentee, or on petition of an attorney-in-fact acting under an adequate power of ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.290, SEC.16.) ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.290, SEC.16.) ...

Estates; guardianship; assignments; trusteeship; surviving partnership Sec. 1. The courts of this state having jurisdiction of estates, guardianships, assignments, trusteeships, and surviving partnerships and the ...

Purpose Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for an equitable apportionment of federal estate tax imposed upon decedents' estates under the provisions ...

"Will" defined Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "will" includes a trust or other instrument governing the distribution of assets ...

Heirs and beneficiaries; charitable or marital deduction or exemption Sec. 2. Unless a decedent shall otherwise direct by will, the federal ...

Payment; recovery Sec. 3. The personal representative of decedent's estate or the person paying the federal estate tax imposed upon said estate by said United States ...

Method of apportionment Sec. 4. The portion of such federal estate tax 2001 et seq.) to be paid by each person, heir, or beneficiary of said ...

Liens Sec. 5. That portion of said federal estate tax apportioned to each person, heir, or beneficiary receiving property as aforesaid, shall constitute a lien upon ...

Deduction of amounts; action for recovery Sec. 6. The personal representative of decedent's estate shall, prior to final distribution of the estate, deduct the amount of ...

Will providing for payment Sec. 7. (a) This chapter shall not be applicable to estates where the decedent has, by will, provided for the payment of ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.4-1988, SEC.18.) ...

Disposition of property; insufficient evidence of survivorship Sec. 1. Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is ...

Beneficiaries taking successively under another's disposition of property Sec. 2. Where two (2) or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively by reason ...

Joint tenants; tenants by entirety Sec. 3. Where there is no sufficient evidence that two (2) joint tenants or tenants by the entirety ...

Life or accident insurance Sec. 4. Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no ...

Prior death Sec. 5. This chapter shall not apply to the distribution of the property of a person who has died before it takes effect. ...

Wills, living trusts; deeds; insurance Sec. 6. This chapter shall not apply in the case of wills, living trusts, deeds, or contracts of insurance wherein provision ...

Uniformity of interpretation Sec. 7. This chapter shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those ...

Short title Sec. 8. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act. (Formerly: Acts 1941, c.49, s.8.) As amended by Acts ...

Repealed ( Repealed by Acts 1972, P.L.11, SEC.14.) ...

Definitions Sec. 1. Except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows: (a) "Bank ...

Persons authorized to make gift Sec. 2. (a) Any individual: (1) of sound mind and eighteen (18) years of age or more; or (2) ...

Revocation of anatomical gift Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies if: (1) a donor makes an anatomical gift in writing under section 2(a) of this ...

Persons eligible to receive gifts Sec. 3. The following persons may become donees of gifts of bodies or parts thereof for the purposes stated: (1) ...

Recovery agent to determine if anatomical gift made Sec. 3.5. (a) If: (1) a hospital's designated organ recovery agency determines that an individual whose death ...

Methods of making or refusing to make gift Sec. 4. (a) A gift of all or part of the body under section 2(a) of this chapter ...

Conditions for release and removal of body part by coroner or medical examiner Sec. 4.5. (a) A coroner may release and permit the removal of a ...

Delivery of document of gift Sec. 5. If the gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the will, card or other document, or ...

Amendment or revocation of document of gift Sec. 6. (a) If the will, card or other document or executed copy thereof, has been delivered to a ...

Rights and duties of donee Sec. 7. (a) The donee may accept or reject the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the entire body, ...

Probate court determination of whether anatomical gift made Sec. 7.5. (a) The individual's attending physician, or, if none, the: (1) physician that certifies the individual's ...

Uniformity of construction Sec. 8. This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which ...

Short title Sec. 9. This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Anatomical Gift Act." (Formerly: Acts 1969, c.166, s.10.) As amended by Acts ...

Duty to inform of donor options Sec. 10. (a) As used in this section: "Administrator" means a hospital administrator or a hospital administrator's designee. ...

Revocable or amendable gifts; election; authorized persons Sec. 11. (a) An individual may elect to make a gift under section 2(a) of this chapter revocable or ...

Donation costs Sec. 12. A person authorized to make a gift under section 2 of this chapter may not be charged for the costs related to ...

Hospital's duty to notify donee or procurement organization of gift Sec. 13. If, at or near the time of death of a patient, a hospital knows ...

Duty to identify donor Sec. 14. (a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search for information identifying the bearer as an organ or a tissue ...

Coordination for procurement and use of gifts Sec. 15. Every hospital in Indiana, after consultation with other hospitals and procurement organizations, shall establish agreements or affiliations ...

Violations Sec. 16. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy, if removal of the body part is ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.149-1991, SEC.6.) ...

Platting; town lots Sec. 1. Whenever any lands are ordered by any court to be sold, on the application of any guardian, executor or administrator, the ...

Land not for sale Sec. 2. Whenever it shall be manifestly to the interest of a protected person, the court may, under the restrictions provided in ...

Application of definitions Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout and their application is limited to this article. As added by P.L.169-1988, ...

Claim Sec. 2. "Claim" means, with respect to an incapacitated person or a minor, any liability of the incapacitated person or minor, whether arising in contract, ...

Court Sec. 3. "Court" means the court having probate jurisdiction and, where the context permits, the court having venue of the guardianship. As ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.264-1989, SEC.14.) ...

Durable power of attorney Sec. 5. "Durable power of attorney" means a power of attorney that: (1) is executed by an incapacitated person before that ...

Guardian Sec. 6. "Guardian" means a person who is a fiduciary and is appointed by a court to be a guardian or conservator responsible as the ...

Guardianship property Sec. 7. "Guardianship property" means the property of an incapacitated person or a minor for which a guardian ...

Incapacitated person Sec. 7.5. "Incapacitated person" means an individual who: (1) cannot be located upon reasonable inquiry; (2) is unable: (A) to manage ...

Repealed ( Repealed by P.L.264-1989, SEC.14.) ...

Letters Sec. 9. "Letters" means letters of guardianship. As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. ...

Minor Sec. 10. "Minor" means an individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age and who is not an emancipated minor. ...

Parent Sec. 11. "Parent" means a biological or adoptive parent. The term does not include a stepparent, foster parent, or grandparent. As added by ...

Person Sec. 12. "Person" means an individual, an organization, an association, a nonprofit corporation, a corporation for profit, a limited liability ...

Protected person Sec. 13. "Protected person" means an individual for whom a guardian has been appointed or with respect to whom a protective order has been ...

Protective proceeding Sec. 14. "Protective proceeding" means a proceeding for a protective order under IC 29-3-4. ...

Support Sec. 15. "Support" means care, maintenance, and education or training, if appropriate. As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. ...

Volunteer advocate for seniors Sec. 16. "Volunteer advocate for seniors" means an individual who: (1) is a volunteer; (2) has completed a limited guardian ...

Application of article; jurisdiction of courts Sec. 1. (a) This article applies to the following: (1) The business affairs, physical person, and property of every ...

Venue for appointment of guardian; stay of proceedings; transfer of proceedings Sec. 2. (a) The venue for the appointment of a guardian or for protective proceedings ...

Guardian ad litem; appointment Sec. 3. (a) Unless waived under subsection (b) or if section 4 of this chapter does not apply, the court shall appoint ...

Discretion of court; binding orders Sec. 4. (a) All findings, orders, or other proceedings under this article shall be in the discretion of the court unless ...

Residence; determination Sec. 5. The residence of a person shall be determined by actual presence rather than technical domicile. As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. ...

Application of decedents' estates law to guardianships and protected persons Sec. 6. (a) The applicable rules ...

Payment of debt owed to minor; delivery of minor's property in possession of another; use of payment or property Sec. 1. (a) Any person indebted to ...

Property of incapacitated person not in excess of $10,000; deposit, delivery, and disposition of property; compensation and expenses of receiver Sec. 2. When the entire property ...

Custody of minor by parents; consents, waivers, and powers of attorney provided by statute or Internal Revenue Code; consent to medical treatment Sec. 3. ...

Custodians of individual retirement accounts Sec. 3.5. (a) Except as otherwise determined in a dissolution of marriage proceeding, a custody proceeding, or another proceeding authorized by ...

Emergencies; appointment of temporary guardian; suspension of guardian; exemptions Sec. 4. (a) If: (1) a guardian has not been appointed for an incapacitated person or ...

Application for public assistance or transfer; authority of chief of social services at state institution Sec. 5. The chief of social services (or a person designated ...

Surviving parent; custody proceedings; temporary guardian or guardian ad litem; hearing Sec. 6. (a) The surviving parent of a minor does not have the right to ...

Protective orders; notice and hearing; findings; protective arrangements Sec. 1. (a) Upon petition by any person and after hearing, the court may issue, without ...

Contracts, trusts or business transactions of incapacitated person or minor; ratification by court; exercise of parental powers in absence of guardian Sec. 2. The court may, ...

Creditors and dependents to be considered by court before issuing protective order; appointment of limited guardian; authority conferred by order ...

Compensation; persons whose services benefited protected person or his or her property Sec. 4. If not otherwise compensated for services rendered, any guardian, attorney, physician, or ...

Petition for appointment of guardian; requirements; notice and hearing; presence of alleged incapacitated person; exceptions; conduct of hearing Sec. 1. (a) Any person may file a ...

Appointment of guardian before adjudication of incapacity or minority Sec. 2. A guardian may not be appointed for an incapacitated person or a minor under this ...

Findings; appointment of guardian; limited guardianship; protective orders Sec. 3. (a) Except under subsection (c), if it is alleged and the court finds that: (1) ...

Considerations for appointment of guardian Sec. 4. The court shall appoint as guardian a qualified person or persons most suitable and willing to serve, having due ...

Consideration for appointment of guardian; order of consideration; priorities Sec. 5. (a) The following are entitled to consideration for ...

Two or more minors or incapacitated persons; petition for appointment of guardian; separate accounting Sec. 6. When a petition is filed for ...

Notice of petition and hearing; persons to whom notice must be given; waiver of notice Sec. 1. (a) When a petition for appointment of a guardian ...

Notice; form and contents; copy of petition to be attached Sec. 2. A copy of the petition shall be attached to the notice, and the notice ...

Request for written notice of proceedings and pleadings; determination of interest; failure to comply with request Sec. 3. (a) At any time after the appointment of ...

Guardian's bond; amount; collateral in lieu of sureties on bond; reduced bonds Sec. 1. (a) Unless the court finds that a bond is unnecessary and enters ...

Bond requirements; liability; consent to jurisdiction; proceedings against sureties Sec. 2. (a) The following requirements apply to all bonds on which the guardian is primary obligor: ...

Letters of guardianship Sec. 3. (a) Letters of guardianship, temporary or otherwise, shall be issued to the person entitled to receive them when: (1) the ...

Acceptance of appointment as submission to personal jurisdiction Sec. 4. By accepting appointment, a guardian and the guardian's attorney submit personally to the jurisdiction of the ...

Guardianship property; possession by guardian; transfer of property interest; process against property Sec. 5. (a) A guardian shall take possession of the guardianship property, ...

Evidence of possessory and disposition rights in guardianship property; real property of guardianship; filing of letters of appointment or termination orders ...

Enumerated responsibilities of guardian Sec. 1. (a) The guardian of a minor (other than a temporary guardian) has all of the responsibilities and authority of a ...

Powers which guardian may exercise Sec. 2. (a) The guardian of a minor may exercise all of the powers required to perform the guardian's responsibilities, including ...

Mandatory responsibilities of guardian Sec. 3. A guardian (other than a temporary guardian) shall do the following: (1) Act as a guardian with respect to ...

Exercise of powers to perform responsibilities; enumeration Sec. 4. A guardian (other than a temporary guardian) may exercise all of the powers required to perform the ...

Sale or encumbrance of guardianship property; conflicts of interest Sec. 5. (a) Any: (1) sale or encumbrance of any part of the property of a ...

Sale or transfer of guardianship property contrary to terms of protected person's will; election of devisee Sec. 6. If: (1) a guardian ...

Guardian possession and sever of property jointly owned with rights of survivorship; election to receive property from protected person's estate Sec. 6.5. (a) If: (1) ...

Sale, division, or disposition of property; contracts entered into before incapacity; performance by guardian Sec. 7. If the court finds that: (1) an incapacitated person ...

Limitations on guardian powers Sec. 8. (a) The court, at the time of appointment or later, on its own motion or on petition of the protected ...

Appointment Sec. 1. A court in a proceeding under this article may appoint a volunteer advocate for seniors. As added by P.L.41-2004, SEC.2. ...

Progress report; final report Sec. 2. A volunteer advocate for seniors shall submit to the court: (1) a progress report fifteen ...

Duties Sec. 3. A volunteer advocate for seniors shall: (1) serve as a limited guardian to represent and protect the interests of an incapacitated or ...

Actions a volunteer advocate for seniors may take Sec. 4. A volunteer advocate for seniors may: (1) consent to medical and other professional care and ...

Term of appointment Sec. 5. If a court appoints an individual to serve as a volunteer advocate for seniors, the appointment shall be for a period ...

Officer of the court Sec. 6. A volunteer advocate for seniors is considered an officer of the court for the purpose of representing the interests of ...

Attorney appointment Sec. 7. The court may appoint an attorney to represent a volunteer advocate for seniors. As added by P.L.41-2004, SEC.2. ...

Civil immunity Sec. 8. Except for gross misconduct: (1) a volunteer advocate for seniors program that; (2) an employee of a volunteer advocates for ...

Authorization to consent to or refuse health care Sec. 9. A volunteer advocate for seniors under this chapter is not authorized to consent to or refuse ...

Delegation of powers; exercise of powers under power of attorney Sec. 1. (a) By a properly executed power of attorney, a parent or a guardian (other ...

Change in physical presence of protected person Sec. 2. A guardian (other than a temporary guardian) or volunteer advocate for seniors appointed under IC 29-3-8.5 may, ...

Compensation and reimbursement of guardian Sec. 3. A guardian is entitled to reasonable compensation for services as guardian and to reimbursement for reasonable expenditures made in ...

Estate planning; disposition of protected person's assets; renunciation or disclaimer of interests Sec. 4. (a) Upon petition of the guardian (other than a temporary guardian) or ...

Inventory of guardianship property Sec. 5. (a) Within ninety (90) days after appointment, a guardian (other than a temporary guardian) shall file with the court a ...

Account of administration; filing with court; notice of hearing on account; order of discharge; limitation of actions against sureties Sec. 6. (a) Unless otherwise directed by ...

Accounting standards and procedures Sec. 6.5. (a) This section applies to an accounting described under section 6 of this chapter that is filed: (1) in ...

Compromise of claim; petition to court; settlement Sec. 7. (a) Whenever it is proposed to compromise any claim by or against a protected person or the ...

Supplementary orders Sec. 8. At any time after the appointment or issuance of a protective order, the court on its own motion or on the petition ...

Expenses of proceedings Sec. 9. (a) Whenever a guardian is appointed for an incapacitated person or minor, the guardian shall pay all ...

Attorney of record for guardian Sec. 10. The attorney of record for a guardian continues as such until the termination of the guardianship or the attorney's ...

Investigations concerning conditions and circumstances of protected person Sec. 11. The division of family and children or county office of family and ...

Payment of debts incurred on behalf of protected person; payment of claims; actions against guardian; filing of claims Sec. 1. (a) Without prior order of the ...

Protection for persons dealing in good faith with guardian or person acting under protective order; scope of protection Sec. 1. (a) A person who in good ...

Contracts entered into in good faith; personal liability of guardian; liability for acts or omissions; proceeding to determine liability Sec. 2. (a) Unless otherwise provided in ...