Sec. 13. Upon the filing of a supplemental report of distribution together with receipts or other evidence satisfactory to the court that distribution has been made as ordered in the final decree, the court shall enter an order of discharge. The discharge so obtained shall operate as a release from the duties of personal representative and shall operate as a bar to any suit including suits by persons under disability, against the personal representative and his sureties except suits which are commenced within one (1) year from the date of the discharge and are based solely upon alleged mistake, fraud or wilful misconduct on the part of the personal representative.
Ind. Code § 29-1-17-13
Supplemental reports; discharge; limitation of actions
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 Regan v. Uebelhor (1998)
Most recently applied in Sheri Montgomery v. Estate of Donald M. Montgomery, Steve Shively, the and The Living Trust of Donald M. Montgomery and Betty M. Montgomery, Steve Shively, Trustee (June 2019)
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1713.
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