The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1205 concerning uniform trust decanting and trustee duties sponsored by Sen. Freeman and Sen. Koch. Rep J. Young, author, presented the bill which repeals current statutes on decanting and replaces them with provisions from the Uniform Act which are modified to align with other provisions in Indiana Code, and amends provisions regarding … [Read more...] about Uniform trust decanting act and trustee duties
Probate
Various probate and trust matters
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1208 concerning various probate and trust matters sponsored by Sen. Freeman and Sen. Koch. Rep J. Young, author, presented the bill. The bill makes technical corrections to the law on health care advance directives, amends several provisions related to notices to be more consistent with the Rules of Trial Procedure, resolves inconsistencies i … [Read more...] about Various probate and trust matters
Mid-Session: Probate Law
The following probate law bills passed out of their originating house: SB 66 Solvent supervised estates (formerly, distribution of assets in closed estates) Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2022/01/07/distribution-of-assets-in-closed-estates/ House sponsor: TorrRead the current bill: … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Probate Law
Wrongful death
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 132 on wrongful death authored by Sen. Freeman and Sen. Sandlin. This bill originally required a policy or certificate of life insurance to pay the estate of an insured individual's spouse if the spouse would have been entitled to the proceeds of the insured individual's life insurance policy and the spouse was intentionally killed by the … [Read more...] about Wrongful death
Probate code study commission
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 193 on probate code study commission authored by Sen. Sandlin and Sen. Freeman. The bill provides that the chief justice of the supreme court, or the chief justice's designee, is a nonvoting member of the probate code study commission (commission) and that eight affirmative votes are required for the commission to take final … [Read more...] about Probate code study commission