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Legislative Update

Mid-Session: Probate Law

February 28, 2019 Filed Under: Probate

The following probate law bills passed out of their originating house:
 SB 80 Code revision corrections

  • Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2317
  • House sponsor: Steuerwald
  • Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/80

SB 223 Accounting by attorney-in-fact

  • Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2280
  • Floor amendment: The bill was amended on 2nd reading to require a principal to render and deliver an accounting when a child of the principal is involved unless the court finds that these activities are not in the best interests of the principal.
  • House sponsor: Steuerwald
  • Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/223

SB 265 Various trust matters 

  • Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?p=2411
  • Floor amendments: The bill was amended on 2nd reading to clarify legal trust and qualified disposition case and controversy jurisdiction and legal parameters.
  • House sponsor: Steuerwald
  • Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/265

SB 380 Supported decision making 

  • Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?s=380
  • House sponsors: McNamara, Torr, Delaney
  • Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/380

SB 518 Probate matters 

  • Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?s=518
  • Floor amendment: The bill was amended on 2nd reading to clarify when attorney’s fees may be awarded and add a new paragraph clarifying where a fiduciary is required to send an affidavit under IC 29-1-8-3.
  • House sponsor: Steuerwald
  • Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/518

HB 1591 Electronic estate planning

  • Previous blog post: http://indianacourts.us/legislative/?s=518
  • Floor amendment: The bill was amended on 2nd reading to allow a fiduciary to disperse an estate with a gross value of an estate of not more than $100,000 of an individual who dies after June 30, 2019, without order of the court.
  • Senate sponsors: Koch, M. Young
  • Read the current bill: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1591

Filed Under: Probate

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