29-1-13-16. 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 petition showing that such person has reason to believe and does believe that the personal representative of the estate or any other person is indebted to the estate, or that any property is in the possession of the personal […]
29-1-13-17. Action to Enforce a Written Demand or Instruction From a Personal Representative
Sec. 17. (a) If a person fails to comply with a personal representative’s written demand or instruction that is consistent with this article regarding the property of the decedent, the personal representative may bring an enforcement proceeding to compel compliance with the written demand or instruction. (b) A court may award attorney’s fees and costs […]
29-1-13-12. 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, the court, with or without notice, may direct the personal representative to make the conveyance or lease to the person entitled thereto. A petition for this purpose may be made by any person claiming to be […]
29-1-13-13. Contracts; Performance by Personal Representative
Sec. 13. If at the time of death the decedent was obligated by the terms of any contract to further performance under the contract, the decedent’s personal representative may, if it appears feasible and in the best interests of the estate, proceed to carry out the terms of such contract. In the event that the […]
29-1-13-14. 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, the personal representative may with the approval of the court whenever it is reasonable to do so, invest the funds of the estate and make then productive. Such investments shall be restricted […]
29-1-13-15. 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 of the estate in a bank in this state as a general deposit, either in a checking account or in a savings account. If the personal representative is a bank or trust […]
29-1-13-1.1. Right of Personal Representative to Access Decedent’s Electronic Communications and Other Digital Assets
Sec. 1.1. IC 32-39-2-4 and IC 32-39-2-5 apply to the right of a personal representative who is acting on behalf of the estate of a deceased person to access: (1) the content of an electronic communication (as defined in IC 32-39-1-6); (2) a catalogue of electronic communications (as defined in IC 32-39-1-5); or (3) any […]
29-1-13-1.5. Access to Safe Deposit Box; Duties of Financial Institutions
Sec. 1.5. (a) Upon the death of an individual, a financial institution shall grant access in the following order of priority to a safe deposit box leased by the individual at the time of the individual’s death: (1) A surviving joint lessee of the safe deposit box, upon the presentation of proof of the individual’s […]
29-1-13-2. 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 the same until the issuing of letters; but, for that purpose, he may prosecute any suit to prevent the loss of any part thereof. Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1302.
29-1-13-3. 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 his name as such personal representative, for any demand of whatever nature due the decedent or his estate or for the recovery of possession of any property of the estate or for trespass or waste […]