Sec. 17. An administrator collecting damages for personal injury resulting in the death of any decedent, may, at any time, file in the court where he was appointed his final report with respect to such proceeds, and the same may be approved by the court, and it shall not be necessary to publish any notice of the final settlement of such estate unless the same is ordered by the court. In the event that said administrator was appointed for the sole purpose of collecting such damages it shall not be necessary to publish any notice of the issuance of letters of administration.
Ind. Code § 29-1-10-17
Damages for wrongful death
Known as the Probate Code
The act spans §§ 29-1-10-0.1 to 29-1-9-3 (324 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Pope ex rel. Smith v. Pope (1998)
Most recently applied in Pope ex rel. Smith v. Pope (October 1998)
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1017.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.