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Indiana Probate Timeline
Indiana probate timeline and statutory deadlines: two-month inventory, three-month creditor claim window under IC 29-1-14-1, nine-month bar, and closing.
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Indiana Probate Without a Lawyer
Indiana lets a family settle a small estate by affidavit, but a full estate opened in court usually needs a lawyer, since acting for heirs is unauthorized.
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Indiana Revocable Living Trust
How an Indiana revocable living trust works: create it under the Indiana Trust Code, fund it by retitling assets, and back it with a pour-over will.
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Indiana Step-Up in Basis Explained
How step-up in basis works on inherited property in Indiana: IRC 1014 resets basis to date-of-death value, and Indiana taxes any later gain at its flat rate.
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Indiana Surviving Spouse Rights
Indiana surviving spouse rights: the elective share against a will under IC 29-1-3-1, the three-month election deadline, and the $25,000 survivor's allowance.
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Indiana Transfer on Death Deed
An Indiana transfer on death deed passes real estate to a beneficiary outside probate under IC 32-17-14-11, and is void unless recorded before death.
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Indiana Trust Administration
How an Indiana successor trustee settles a revocable living trust after death: informing beneficiaries, accounting, paying debts, and distributing assets.
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Indiana Will Contests
How to contest a will in Indiana: the grounds, who is an interested person, the three-month deadline under IC 29-1-7-17, and the bond a contestant must post.
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Indiana Will Requirements
Indiana will requirements: sound-mind and age-18 capacity, a signed writing, two witnesses who sign together, self-proving clauses, and electronic wills.
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Selling Inherited Property in Indiana
Yes, you can sell inherited property in Indiana. Clear title through probate or a recorded affidavit, weigh capital gains and the step-up, then close the sale.
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