Indiana Estate Planning
Get your own affairs in order in Indiana, for yourself or an aging parent. Compare the documents most adults need (a will, a power of attorney, and a healthcare directive), decide whether you need a trust, and see how to keep your estate out of probate.
Which document do I need?
The core documents at a glance. Each row links to its Indiana guide.
- Will
- Indiana will requirements: sound-mind and age-18 capacity, a signed writing, two witnesses who sign together, self-proving clauses, and electronic wills. Read the guide
- 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. Read the guide
- Power of attorney
- How an Indiana power of attorney works: durable by default, signed before a notary or two witnesses, powers listed by statutory reference, and it ends at death. Read the guide
- Healthcare directive
- How an Indiana healthcare directive works: one document names your health care representative, signed before two adult witnesses or a notary under IC 16-36-7. Read the guide
Indiana estate planning guides
Indiana Estate Planning Basics
Indiana estate planning basics: the will, durable power of attorney, health care advance directive, and living trust most adults need, plus probate and taxes.
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.
Indiana Power of Attorney
How an Indiana power of attorney works: durable by default, signed before a notary or two witnesses, powers listed by statutory reference, and it ends at death.
Indiana Healthcare Directive
How an Indiana healthcare directive works: one document names your health care representative, signed before two adult witnesses or a notary under IC 16-36-7.
Indiana Guardianship Planning
Indiana guardianship under IC 29-3, explained for adults and minors, plus the planning documents that can keep your family out of guardianship court.
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.
Indiana Trust Administration
How an Indiana successor trustee settles a revocable living trust after death: informing beneficiaries, accounting, paying debts, and distributing assets.
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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Information current as of 2026-06-18
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