Indiana Code - Probate - Title 29, Section 29-3-8-6

Sale or transfer of guardianship property contrary to terms of

protected person's will; election of devisee

Sec. 6. If:
(1) a guardian sells or transfers during a protected person's
lifetime property belonging to the protected person that is
specifically devised to another in a will executed by the
protected person;
(2) the protected person subsequently dies; and
(3) the devised property is consequently not contained in the
protected person's estate following the death of the protected
person;
the devisee may, at the devisee's option, elect to receive the value of
the devised property, as valued at the time of death of the protected
person, as a general devise or the proceeds of the sale or transfer as
a specific devise.

As added by P.L.169-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1989,
SEC.72; P.L.252-2001, SEC.28.

Last modified: May 27, 2006