Title 29, PROBATE

Sec. 3. The bond of the personal representative shall run to the state of Indiana to the use of all persons for whose benefit it was given under the provision of this article and shall be for the security and benefit of such persons. The sureties shall be jointly and severally li…

Sec. 4. When two (2) or more persons are appointed personal representatives of the same estate and are required by the provisions of this article to give a bond, the court may require either a separate bond from each or one (1) bond from all of them. No personal representative sh…

Sec. 5. Each personal surety shall execute and file with the court an affidavit that he owns real property, subject to execution, of a value over and above his liabilities, equal to the amount of the bond, and shall include in such affidavit the total amount of his obligations as…

Sec. 6. No bond of a personal representative shall be deemed sufficient unless it shall have been examined and approved as required by law, and the approval endorsed thereon in writing. Before giving approval the court, judge, commissioner, or clerk may require evidence as to the…

Sec. 7. If at any time a personal representative fails to give a bond as required by the court, within the time fixed by the court, some other person shall be appointed in his stead. If letters have been issued, they shall be revoked. Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1107.

Sec. 9. (a) Any surety upon any bond of any personal representative or other fiduciary may petition the court approving such bond to be released therefrom. Ten (10) days' notice thereof shall be given the principal in said bond. Upon proof of such notice, the court shall notify t…

Sec. 1. The courts of this state having jurisdiction of estates, guardianships, assignments, trusteeships, and surviving partnerships and the judges thereof, in their discretion, be and hereby are authorized and empowered to waive the period costs and payment thereof in estates f…

Sec. 1. (a) A person who in good faith deals with a guardian or person acting under a protective order is: (1) protected as if the guardian or person acting under a protective order properly exercised the power; and (2) not required to inquire into the existence of the power or t…

Sec. 2. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a guardian or person acting under a protective order is not personally liable on a contract entered into in good faith under the order, unless that person fails to reveal that person's representative capacity and identify tha…

Sec. 3. (a) If a guardian has been appointed, all actions between third persons and the protected person seeking to charge or benefit the protected person or the protected person's property shall be prosecuted by or against the guardian or person acting under a protective order t…

Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter and except for gross misconduct, a guardian appointed under this article is immune from any civil liability resulting from the guardian's performance. As added by P.L.41-2004, SEC.4.