The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 247 sponsored by Rep. Steuerwald on creditors’ rights. The bill makes changes to probate and trust law relating to creditors’ claims, claims against non-probate transferees, and generally authorizes no contest provisions in wills and trusts. Testimony was heard in support of the bill from members of the Indiana State Bar Association. The Office … [Read more...] about Creditors’ rights
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Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1303 sponsored by Sens. Bray, Lanane and Zakas on electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills. The bill: allows the electronic creation and execution of wills, trust instruments, and powers of attorney. It also specifies requirements pertaining to the creation, attestation, and execution of an electronic will; allows video recordings o … [Read more...] about Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills
Creditors’ rights
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 247 on creditors’ rights, authored by Sen. Koch. The bill makes various changes to Medicaid, probate, and trust law relating to creditors' claims, claims against non-probate transferees, and no contest provisions in wills and trusts. The bill was amended by consent to make numerous amendments to language relating to creditors' claims and c … [Read more...] about Creditors’ rights
Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills
The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1303 concerning electronic powers of attorney, trust, and wills authored by Rep. Steuerwald. The bill adds new chapters to the Indiana Code that provide parameters for creating electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and will documents as another option for creating these documents in addition to the traditional processes currently used. A … [Read more...] about Electronic powers of attorney, trusts, and wills
Probate and trust matters
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1407, sponsored by Sen. Bray and Sen Koch, on probate and trust matters. The bill makes various changes to probate and trust laws concerning contesting of wills, the size of unsupervised estates, authorization of certain acts by a trustee, and the consideration of the requests of de facto custodians and living parents of incapacitated persons … [Read more...] about Probate and trust matters