Sec. 1. (a) At any time during the administration, upon application of the personal representative or any distributee, with or without notice as the court may direct, the court may order the personal representative to deliver to any distributee, who consents to it, possession of any specific real or tangible personal property to which he […]
Sec. 10. (a) When the estate is otherwise ready to be distributed, it shall be distributed in kind to whatever extent it is practicable, unless the terms of the will otherwise provide or unless a partition sale is ordered. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any general legatee may elect to take […]
Sec. 11. (a) When two (2) or more distributees are entitled to distribution of an undivided interest in any real or personal property of the estate, distribution shall be made of undivided interests in the property unless the personal representative or one (1) or more of the distributees petition the court for partition not later […]
Sec. 12. (a) If after reasonable search, satisfactory to the court, there shall be no known heir of the decedent, all of the decedent’s net estate not disposed of by will shall be ordered paid to the state treasurer to become a part of the common school fund, subject to the further provisions of this […]
Sec. 13. Upon the filing of a supplemental report of distribution together with receipts or other evidence satisfactory to the court that distribution has been made as ordered in the final decree, the court shall enter an order of discharge. The discharge so obtained shall operate as a release from the duties of personal representative […]
Sec. 13.5. (a) This section applies to a solvent supervised estate if: (1) a decree of final distribution has been entered by the court under section 2 of this chapter; (2) the personal representative has filed a supplemental report of distribution and the court has entered an order of discharge under section 13 of this […]
Sec. 14. (a) If, after an estate has been settled and the personal representative discharged, other property of the estate shall be discovered, or if it shall appear that any necessary act remains unperformed on the part of the personal representative, or for any other proper cause, the court, upon the petition of the discharged […]
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1715. As amended by Acts 1971, P.L.405, SEC.2. Repealed by Acts 1973, P.L.289, SEC.4.
Sec. 15.1. (a) Whenever any person has died leaving property or any interest in property and no general administration has been commenced on the person’s estate in this state, nor has any will been offered for probate in this state, within five (5) months after the person’s death, any person claiming an interest in such […]
Sec. 16. The limitations provided for in IC 29-1-1-21 and section 13 of this chapter shall not deprive any interested person of the relief now afforded him under the rules of equity. Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1716. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.50.
Sec. 2. (a) After the expiration of the time limit for the filing of claims, and after all claims against the estate, including state and federal inheritance and estate taxes, have been determined, paid, or provision made therefor, except contingent and unmatured claims which cannot then be paid, the personal representative shall, if the estate […]
Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, shares of the distributees shall abate, for the payment of claims, legacies, the allowance provided by IC 29-1-4-1, the shares of pretermitted heirs or the share of the surviving spouse who elects to take against the will, without any preference or priority as between real […]
Sec. 4. When real or personal property which has been specifically devised, or charged with a legacy, shall be sold or taken by the personal representative for the payment of: (1) claims; (2) general legacies; (3) the allowance provided by IC 29-1-4-1; (4) the shares of pretermitted heirs; or (5) the share of the surviving […]
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 the court before or at the time of the hearing on the petition for final distribution. The amount of every such advancement shall be specified in the decree of final […]
Sec. 6. When a distributee of an estate is indebted to the estate, the amount of the indebtedness if due, or the present worth of the indebtedness, if not due, may be treated as an offset by the personal representative against any testate or intestate property, real or personal, of the estate to which such […]
Sec. 7. Unless the decedent’s will provides otherwise, all income received by the personal representative during the administration of the estate shall constitute an asset of the estate the same as any other asset and the personal representative shall disburse, distribute, account for and administer said income as a part of the corpus of the […]
Sec. 8. General legacies shall not bear interest, unless a contrary intent is indicated by the will. Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1708.
Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, “lien” refers to a mortgage, pledge, security interest, or other lien. (b) When any real or personal property subject to a lien is specifically devised, the devisee shall take the devised property subject to the lien unless the will provides expressly or by necessary implication that the […]
