Sec. 21. When any person claims any interest in any property in the possession of the personal representative adverse to the estate, the person may file, prior to the expiration of three (3) months after the date of the first published notice to creditors, a petition with the court having jurisdiction of the estate setting out the facts concerning such interest, and thereupon the court shall cause such notice to be given to such parties as it deems proper, and the case shall be set for trial and tried as in ordinary civil actions.
Ind. Code § 29-1-14-21
Adverse claims; notice; trial
Known as the Probate Code
The act spans §§ 29-1-10-0.1 to 29-1-9-3 (324 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Stainbrook v. Low (2006)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Estate of Samuel L. Tolley, First Merchants Bank, N.A. v. Duane Earl Tolley, and Betty June Tolley (February 2013)
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1421; Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.28
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Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.