Title 29, PROBATE

Sec. 12. The personal representative may vote shares of corporate stock in person, or by proxy, discretionary or otherwise and with or without right of substitution and revocation. Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1012.

Sec. 12.5. A person who in good faith either assists a personal representative or deals with him for value is protected as if the personal representative properly exercised his power. The fact that a person knowingly deals with a personal representative does not alone require the…

Sec. 13. If a testator by will makes provision for the compensation of his personal representative, that shall be taken as his full compensation unless he files in the court a written instrument renouncing all claims for the compensation provided by the will before qualifying as …

Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "devisee" shall include any person prosecuting or defending any will under IC 29-1-7-16 or IC 29-1-7-17.5 and, if multiple wills are being challenged under IC 29-1-7-17.5, any person prosecuting or defending a will next prior to the earliest …

Sec. 15. (a) A special administrator may be appointed by the court if: (1) from any cause, delay is necessarily occasioned in granting letters; (2) before the expiration of the time allowed by law for issuing letters, any competent person shall file an affidavit with the clerk st…

Sec. 15.5. (a) Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of a special administrator for the sole purpose of pursuing a claim for the decedent's wrongful death, hearing and notice shall be had as set forth in this section. (b) The court or clerk shall set a date by which a…

Sec. 16. Prior to the adjudication of a pending will contest any general personal representative or any special administrator, within the limits of his authority, shall proceed to administer the estate pursuant to the law respecting intestate estates, so far as the same may be do…

Sec. 17. An administrator collecting damages for personal injury resulting in the death of any decedent, may, at any time, file in the court where he was appointed his final report with respect to such proceeds, and the same may be approved by the court, and it shall not be neces…

Sec. 18. Any court having probate jurisdiction in the state of Indiana may appoint an administrator for the estate of a nonresident for the sole purpose of bringing an action to recover damages for the wrongful death of such nonresident. The appointment may be made in the county …

Sec. 19. All acts of personal representatives whose authority shall subsequently be terminated because an estate found to be intestate is later found to be testate, or vice versa, because of a revocation of letters, or for any other cause, which acts were lawful when performed, a…

Sec. 2. Any person entitled to letters testamentary or to general letters of administration may renounce his right thereto in writing, which renunciation shall be filed with the clerk. Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1002.

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section, "estate lawyer" refers to a lawyer performing services for an estate at the request of the estate's personal representative. (b) Except as otherwise provided in a written agreement between the estate lawyer and an interested person, an estate…

Sec. 21. (a) All authority to act with respect to an estate administered under IC 29-1-7 and IC 29-1-7.5 is vested exclusively in the personal representative. (b) If this article prohibits an action by the personal representative, the prohibition restricts the personal representa…

Sec. 3. Letters testamentary, of administration, of administration with the will annexed, de bonis non, and all other letters special or otherwise, shall be issued to the person entitled to receive the same when: (a) Said person, if an individual, has taken and subscribed before …

Sec. 4. Letters issued to a personal representative, attested by the clerk, and under the seal of the court issuing them, shall be conclusive evidence of the authority of the person to whom they are issued until superseded or revoked, and shall extend to all the estate, personal …

Sec. 5. In any action or proceeding brought by the personal representative in such representative capacity, it shall not be necessary for him to make profert of his letters, nor shall his right to sue as such personal representative be questioned, unless the opposite party shall …

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to the removal of a corporate fiduciary after a change in control of the corporate fiduciary. (b) When the personal representative becomes incapacitated (unless the incapacity is caused only by a physical illness, infirmity, or impairment),…

Sec. 6.5. (a) This section does not apply to the removal of a personal representative under section 6 of this chapter. (b) An interested person may petition the court for the removal of a corporate fiduciary appointed by the court as personal representative if there has been a ch…

Sec. 7. When a personal representative dies, is removed by the court, or resigns and such resignation is accepted by the court, the court may, and if he was the sole or last surviving personal representative and administration is not completed, the court shall appoint another per…

Sec. 8. When a successor personal representative or an administrator with the will annexed is appointed, the person shall have all the rights and powers of the person's predecessor or of the executor designated in the will, except that the person shall not exercise powers given i…

Sec. 9. Every power exercisable by joint personal representative may be exercised by the survivor of them when one is dead or by the other when one appointment is terminated by order of the court, unless the power is given in the will and its terms otherwise provide as to the exe…

Sec. 1. (a) Without prior order of the court, a guardian shall pay from the guardianship property all indebtedness that the guardian has reasonably incurred in good faith on behalf of the protected person. (b) Upon order of the court, a guardian shall pay from the protected perso…