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IN Code § 29-1-15-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 15. Sales, Mortgages, Leases, Exchanges─personal and Real Property|29-1-15-19. Irregularity or Defect in Proceedings; Guardians; Good Faith Purchasers

Sec. 19. (a) No sale of any real estate made by a personal representative or guardian under the provisions of IC 29-1, shall be voided on account of any irregularity or defect in the proceedings, if it shall appear:(1) that the sale was authorized by the court having the jurisdiction of the parties and the subject-matter;(2) that notice of the time and place of sale was given in the manner provided by law; and(3) that the premises were sold accordingly and are held by or under one who purchased them in good faith.(b) No sale of any real estate, made by a personal representative pursuant to a power given him by any will, shall be voided on account of any irregularity or defect if it shall appear:(1) that the personal representative acted in substantial conformity with the terms and conditions of the power given him by the will; and(2) that the premises are held by or under one who purchased them in good faith.(c) No sale involving real estate that is made by an unsupervised personal representative under IC 29-1-7.5 is voided on account of any irregularity or defect if it appears that:(1) the personal representative acted in substantial conformity with the terms and conditions of the power given in IC 29-1-7.5; and(2) the premises are held by or under one who purchased them in good faith.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1519. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.132, SEC.10.
IN Code § 29-1-15-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 15. Sales, Mortgages, Leases, Exchanges─personal and Real Property|29-1-15-20. Lien of State for Inheritance or Estate Taxes

Sec. 20. The lien of the state for inheritance or estate taxes shall not extend to any interest acquired by a purchaser, mortgagee, or lessee through any transfer made by a personal representative under a power contained in a will, under IC 29-1-7.5-3, or under order of the court.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1520. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.125, SEC.7.
IN Code § 29-1-15-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 15. Sales, Mortgages, Leases, Exchanges─personal and Real Property|29-1-15-21. Fees and Expenses

Sec. 21. In connection with the sale, mortgage, lease or exchange of property, the court may authorize the personal representative to pay, out of the proceeds realized therefrom or out of the estate, the customary and reasonable auctioneers' and brokers' fees and any necessary expenses for abstracting, title insurance, survey, revenue stamps and other necessary costs and expenses in connection therewith.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1521.
IN Code § 29-1-15-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 15. Sales, Mortgages, Leases, Exchanges─personal and Real Property|29-1-15-22. Platting Real Property

Sec. 22. When it is for the best interests of the estate in order to dispose of real property, the court upon application by the personal representative or any other interested person, may authorize the personal representative, either alone or together with other owners, to plat any land belonging to the estate in accordance with the statutes in regard to platting.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1522.
IN Code § 29-1-15-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 15. Sales, Mortgages, Leases, Exchanges─personal and Real Property|29-1-15-23. Exchange of Property; Terms and Conditions

Sec. 23. Whenever it shall appear upon the petition of the personal representative or of any person interested in the estate to be to the best interests of the estate to exchange any real or personal property of the estate for other property, the court may authorize the exchange upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, which may include the payment or receipt of part cash by the personal representative. If personal property of the estate is to be exchanged, the proceedings required for the sale of such property shall apply so far as may be; if real property of the estate is to be exchanged, the procedure for the sale of such property shall apply so far as may be.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1523.
IN Code § 29-1-16-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The following amendments to this chapter apply as follows:(1) The amendments made to section 6 of this chapter by P.L.118-1997 do not apply to an individual whose death occurs before July 1, 1997.(2) The amendments made to section 6 of this chapter by P.L.252-2001 apply to the estate of an individual who dies after June 30, 2001.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.478.
IN Code § 29-1-16-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-1. Personal Liability, Loss to Estate

Sec. 1. (a) Every personal representative shall be liable for and chargeable in his accounts with all of the estate of the decedent which comes into his possession at any time, including all the income therefrom; but he shall not be accountable for any debts due to the decedent or other assets of the estate which remain uncollected without his fault. He shall not be entitled to any profit by the increase, nor be chargeable with loss by the decrease in value or destruction without his fault, of any part of the estate.(b) Every personal representative shall be chargeable in his accounts with property not a part of the estate which comes into his hands at any time and shall be liable to the persons entitled thereto, if:(1) the property was received, under a duty imposed on him by law in the capacity of personal representative; or(2) he has commingled such property with the assets of the estate.(c) Every personal representative shall be liable for any loss to the estate arising from his neglect or unreasonable delay in collecting the credits or other assets of the estate or in selling, mortgaging or leasing the property of the estate; for neglect in paying over money or delivering property of the estate he shall have in his hands; for failure to account for or to close the estate within the time provided by this article; for any loss to the estate arising from his embezzlement or commingling of the assets of the estate with other property; for loss to the estate through self-dealing; for any loss to the estate arising from wrongful acts or omissions of his co-representatives which he could have prevented by the exercise of ordinary care; and for any other negligent or wilful act or nonfeasance in his administration of the estate by which loss to the estate arises.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1601. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.46.
IN Code § 29-1-16-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-2. Closing Estate; Final Account

Sec. 2. Every personal representative shall close the estate as promptly as possible. Unless for good cause shown the time for filing the final account in the estate shall not exceed one (1) year from the appointment of a personal representative.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1602.
IN Code § 29-1-16-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-3. Verified Account; Filing; Time

Sec. 3. Every personal representative may file in the court a verified account of his administration at any time prior to final settlement and distribution but every personal representative must file in the court a verified account of his administration.(a) Upon filing a petition for final settlement;(b) Upon the revocation of his letters;(c) Upon his application to resign and before his resignation is accepted by the court;(d) At any other time when directed by the court either of its own motion or on the application of any interested person.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1603.
IN Code § 29-1-16-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-4. Schedules; Verification; Certified Public Accountant

Sec. 4. Accounts rendered to the court by a personal representative shall be for a period distinctly stated and shall consist of three (3) schedules, of which the first shall show the amount of the property chargeable to the personal representative; the second shall show payments, charges, losses and distributions; the third shall show the property on hand constituting the balance of such account, if any. When an account is filed, the personal representative shall also file receipts for disbursements of assets made during the period covered by the account. Whenever the personal representative is unable to file receipts for any disbursements, the court may permit him to substantiate them by other proof. The court may provide for an inspection of the balance of assets on hand. The court may, upon its own motion, or upon petition, provide that verification of accounts or credits thereon may be made by the unqualified certificate of a certified public accountant in lieu of receipts or other proof.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1604; Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.34.
IN Code § 29-1-16-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-5. Petition to Settle and Allow; Petition to Distribute

Sec. 5. At the time of filing of an account the personal representative shall petition the court to settle and allow his account; and if the estate is in a proper condition to be closed, he shall also petition the court for an order authorizing him to distribute the estate, and shall specify in the petition the persons to whom distribution is to be made and the proportions or parts of the estate to which each is entitled. Petitions to settle or to distribute may be incorporated in the account in the absence of a court rule or order to the contrary.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1605.
IN Code § 29-1-16-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-7. Objections; Modification

Sec. 7. At any time prior to the hearing on an account of a personal representative, any interested person may file written objections to any item or omission in the account. All such objections shall be specific and shall indicate the modification desired.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1607.
IN Code § 29-1-16-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-8. Approval or Disapproval; Appeals; Relief From Liability

Sec. 8. Upon the approval of the account of a personal representative, the personal representative and his sureties shall, subject to the right of appeal and to the power of the court to vacate its final orders, be relieved from liability for the administration of his trust during the accounting period, including the investment of the assets of the estate. The court may disapprove the account in whole or in part and surcharge the personal representative for any loss caused by any breach of duty.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1608.
IN Code § 29-1-16-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-9. Death or Incompetency of Personal Representative; Out-of-State Residency

Sec. 9. (a) If the personal representative dies or becomes incompetent, his account shall be presented by his personal representative or the guardian of his estate to, and settled by, the court in which the estate of which he was personal representative is being administered and the the court shall settle the account as in other cases. The personal representative of the deceased personal representative shall have no authority as such to proceed with the administration.(b) Where the deceased or incompetent person has no personal representative or guardian, the surety upon his bond shall file such account on his behalf.(c) Where a personal representative is without the state, and fails to account as provided in this article, such account may be filed by his resident agent or by his surety or its resident agent and the court may compel the surety or its resident agent to file such account.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1609. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.47.
IN Code § 29-1-16-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 16. Accounting|29-1-16-10. Noncompliance With Orders; Attachment; Imprisonment

Sec. 10. Any person who has been ordered to account as herein provided, and who fails to comply with such order, may be attached and imprisoned in order to enforce such compliance therewith.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1610.
IN Code § 29-1-17-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-1. Order of Court; Perishable Property; Depreciable Property; Storage or Preservation; Income and Profits

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 is entitled under the terms of the will or by intestacy, provided that other distributees and claimants are not prejudiced thereby. The court may at any time prior to the decree of final distribution order him to return such property to the personal representative if it is for the best interest of the estate. The court may require the distributee to give security for such return.(b) At any time during the administration, when it is apparent that the estate is solvent, the court in its discretion may order distribution to the persons entitled thereto of such items of property of the estate as:(1) are perishable in nature,(2) would materially depreciate in value if distribution were delayed, or(3) would necessitate the expenditure of estate funds for storage or preservation if not distributed.Such distribution may be with or without security or notice to the interested parties as the court may direct.(c) After the expiration of the time limited for the filing of claims and before final settlement of the accounts of the personal representative, a partial distribution may be decreed, with notice to interested persons as the court may direct. Such distribution shall be as conclusive as a decree of final distribution, except that the court may, as provided in section 2(d) of this chapter, modify such decree of partial distribution to the extent necessary to protect the other distributees and claimants, and assure them that they will receive the amount due them on final distribution. Before a partial distribution is so decreed, the court may require that security be given for the return of the property so distributed to the extent necessary to satisfy any distributees and claimants who may be prejudiced as aforesaid by the partial distribution.(d) The person to whom possession or distribution has been made under the provisions of this section, shall be entitled to the income and profits from such property.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1701; Acts 1955, c.258, s.9. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.48; P.L.163-2018, SEC.11.
IN Code § 29-1-17-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-3. Abatement of Distributee Shares

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 and personal property, in the following order:(1) Property not disposed of by the will.(2) Property devised to the residuary devisee.(3) Property disposed of by the will but not specifically devised and not devised to the residuary devisee.(4) Property specifically devised.A general devise charged on any specific property or fund shall, for purposes of abatement be deemed property specifically devised to the extent of the value of the thing on which it is charged. Upon the failure or insufficiency of the thing on which it is charged, it shall be deemed property not specifically devised to the extent of such failure or insufficiency.(b) If the provisions of the will or the testamentary plan or the express or implied purpose of the devise would be defeated by the order of abatement stated in subsection (a) hereof, the shares of distributees shall abate in such other manner as may be found necessary to give effect to the intention of the testator.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1703. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.260, SEC.2.
IN Code § 29-1-17-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-4. Abatement of Distributee Shares; Contribution by Legatees and Devisees

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 spouse who elects to take against the will;other legatees and devisees shall contribute according to their respective interests to the legatee or devisee whose legacy or devise has been sold or taken, so as to accomplish an abatement in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this chapter. The court shall, at the time of the hearing on the petition for final distribution, determine the amounts of the respective contributions and whether the same shall be made before distribution or shall constitute a lien on specific property which is distributed.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1704. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.260, SEC.3; P.L.42-2011, SEC.63.
IN Code § 29-1-17-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-5. Advancements

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 distribution.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1705.
IN Code § 29-1-17-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-6. Indebtedness of Distributee; Offset

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 distributee is entitled; but such distributee shall be entitled to the benefit of any defense which would be available to him in a direct proceeding for the recovery of such debt.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1706.
IN Code § 29-1-17-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-7. Income Received During Administration

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 estate.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1707.
IN Code § 29-1-17-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-8. General Legacies; Interest

Sec. 8. General legacies shall not bear interest, unless a contrary intent is indicated by the will.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1708.
IN Code § 29-1-17-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 29. Probate|Article 1. Probate Code|Chapter 17. Distribution and Discharge|29-1-17-9. Specific Devise; Liens

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 lien be otherwise paid. If the holder of a lien receives payment on a claim based upon the obligation secured by the lien, the devise which was subject to the lien shall be charged with the reimbursement to the estate of the amount of the payment for the benefit of the distributees entitled to the devise, unless the will provides expressly or by necessary implication that the payment be charged against the residue of the estate.(c) For purposes of this section, a general directive in a will to pay debts does not imply an intent that a devise of property subject to a lien be distributed free from the lien.Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1709. As amended by P.L.51-2014, SEC.6.