Title 29, PROBATE

Sec. 3.2. (a) Not more than two (2) months after the appointment of a personal representative under this chapter, the personal representative shall prepare a verified inventory of the decedent's probate estate. The inventory may consist of at least one (1) written instrument. (b)…

Sec. 3.4. (a) This section applies to the distribution of real property by a personal representative to a devisee or heir under this chapter. (b) The conveyance subscribed by the personal representative under this section is sufficient to distribute all title in the real property…

Sec. 3.6. (a) This section applies to a conveyance of real property by a personal representative under this chapter. (b) The conveyance subscribed by the personal representative is sufficient to convey all title in the real property to the grantee if the conveyance includes subst…

Sec. 3.8. (a) A personal representative shall close an estate administered under this chapter as promptly as possible. (b) If a personal representative does not file a closing statement under section 4 of this chapter within one (1) year after the appointment of the personal repr…

Sec. 4. (a) Unless prohibited by order of the court and except for estates being administered in supervised administration proceedings, a personal representative may close an estate by filing with the court no earlier than three (3) months after the date of the first published no…

Sec. 4.5. If, after three (3) months following the date that the closing statement required under section 4 of this chapter is filed, an objection to the closing statement has not been filed, the court does not have a duty to audit or make an inquiry. As added by P.L.130-1992, SE…

Sec. 5. After assets of an estate have been distributed, and subject to section 7 of this chapter, an undischarged claim not barred may be prosecuted in a proceeding against one (1) or more distributees. No distributee is liable to claimants for amounts in excess of the value of …

Sec. 6. Unless previously barred by adjudication and except as provided in the closing statement, all claims against the personal representative, including claims by a person under a disability, are barred unless a proceeding to assert the same is commenced within three (3) month…

Sec. 7. Unless otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant, including a claimant under a disability, to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim, and the right of any heir or devisee, including an heir or devisee under a disability, or of a successor personal rep…

Sec. 8. If other property of the estate is discovered after the estate has been settled and the personal representative discharged or three (3) months after a closing statement has been filed, the court upon petition of any interested person and upon notice as it directs may appo…

Sec. 1. A court in a proceeding under this article may appoint a volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program. As added by P.L.41-2004, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.11-2006, SEC.2; P.L.72-2010, SEC.5; P.L.4-2020, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. (a) A volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program may petition the court for reasonable compensation for services provided or for expenditures made in good faith on behalf of the incapacitated adult or senior. (b) A court may grant reasonable compens…

Sec. 11. (a) Courts with probate jurisdiction that are located in adjacent counties may establish joint or multiple county volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults programs. (b) Courts with probate jurisdiction may contract with an Indiana nonprofit or municipal c…

Sec. 12. (a) A volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program that is a program of an Indiana nonprofit corporation must establish policies and procedures to avoid a conflict of interest if the nonprofit corporation is also a provider of other necessary services…

Sec. 2. A volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program shall submit to the court: (1) a progress report thirty (30) days after the date of appointment describing: (A) the matters required by the court; and (B) the: (i) current physical and mental condition; (i…

Sec. 3. (a) A volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program shall: (1) serve as a guardian to represent and protect the best interests of an incapacitated person or senior including the person's property; (2) investigate and gather information regarding the hea…

Sec. 4. (a) A volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program may: (1) consent to health care (as defined in IC 16-36-1-1) and other professional care and treatment for the incapacitated person's or senior's health and welfare; (2) secure the appointment of a gua…

Sec. 5. (a) If a court appoints a volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program, the initial appointment shall be for a period of ninety (90) days. (b) After the initial ninety (90) day period, the court may, upon petition by the volunteer advocates for seniors…

Sec. 6. A volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program is considered an officer of the court for the purpose of representing the interests of an incapacitated person or senior. As added by P.L.41-2004, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.11-2006, SEC.7; P.L.72-2010, SEC.10;…

Sec. 7. The court may appoint an attorney to represent a volunteer advocate for seniors and incapacitated adults. As added by P.L.41-2004, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.11-2006, SEC.8; P.L.4-2020, SEC.11.

Sec. 8. Except for gross misconduct: (1) a volunteer advocate for seniors and incapacitated adults program that; (2) an employee of a volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program who; or (3) a volunteer for a volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated a…

Sec. 9.5. IC 29-3-8-5 through IC 29-3-8-8 apply to a volunteer advocates for seniors and incapacitated adults program under this chapter. As added by P.L.72-2010, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.4-2020, SEC.14.

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Adult" means an individual at least eighteen (18) years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual who is: (A) authorized to make health care decisions on behalf of another person by a health care power of attorne…

Sec. 10. (a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital. (2) An accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university. (3) An organ procurement organization. (4) An appropriate person for research or education.…

Sec. 11. (a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death in a hospital for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) …

Sec. 12. (a) The individual's attending physician, or, if none, the: (1) physician that certifies the individual's death; (2) hospital where the individual is admitted; (3) hospital where the individual's remains are being kept; or (4) individual identified in section 8(a) of thi…

Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Administrator" means a hospital administrator or a hospital administrator's designee. (2) "Gift" means a gift of all or any part of the human body made under this chapter. (3) "Representative" means a person who is: (A) authorized under …

Sec. 14. (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination …

searches; examination of medical suitability; rights of person to whom a part passes Sec. 15. (a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of: (1) the bureau of motor vehicl…

Sec. 16. Each hospital in Indiana shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.

Sec. 17. (a) A person who acts in accordance with this chapter is not liable for the act in a civil action or administrative proceeding. (b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use …

Sec. 18. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) this chapter; (2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or w…

Sec. 19. (a) The bureau of motor vehicles, the professional licensing agency, and the department of natural resources shall cooperate with a person that administers any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or recognizes for the purpose of transferring to the…

Sec. 2. This chapter applies to: (1) an anatomical gift; (2) an amendment to an anatomical gift; (3) a revocation of an anatomical gift; or (4) a refusal to make an anatomical gift. As added by P.L.147-2007, SEC.12.

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Advance health care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health care decision for the prospective donor. (2) "Declaration…

Sec. 21. (a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, education, or training. (b) If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an an…

Sec. 3. Subject to section 7 of this chapter, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 4 of this chapter by: (1) the donor, if the do…

Sec. 4. (a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) by authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on: (A) the donor's driver's license or identification card under IC 9-24-17; or (B) the donor's resident hunting, fishi…

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to section 7 of this chapter, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 3 of this chapter may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) a record signed by: (A) the donor; (B) the other person; or (C) subject to subsection (b)…

Sec. 6. (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (1) a record signed by: (A) the individual; or (B) subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable t…

Sec. 7. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the…

Sec. 8. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), unless barred by section 6 or 7 of this chapter, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who a…

Sec. 9. (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 8 of this chapter may make an anatomical gift by a document or may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronic…