HB 1088

  • Indiana House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • Passed House Jan 28, 2025
  • Passed Senate Mar 11, 2025
  • Governor

Various probate matters.

Abstract

Clarifies that a personal representative or the personal representative's agent shall serve a written or electronic copy of the notice of the estate administration on a creditor of the decedent within one month of the notice being published. Requires the personal representative or the personal representative's agent to file and serve a new proposed notice with the clerk of court for a creditor that is served more than one month after the notice is published. Clarifies that a creditor that is served notice more than one month after the notice is published must file a claim against the estate within two months of the date of service of the notice. Provides a template for notice that is served more than one month after the notice is published. Allows a: (1) personal representative of an unsupervised estate; or (2) trustee of a trust; to distribute all or part of a decedent's interest in a retirement plan or retirement account without a court order. Defines a "direct postmortem transfer" as a transfer of an asset to a testamentary trust established in a will admitted to probate that meets certain conditions. Specifies that a direct postmortem transfer is a transfer of an asset or property to a trust established by a will for all purposes of the Social Security Act. Establishes that the effective date of the testamentary trust is the date of the decedent's death. Provides that a power of attorney authority to take certain actions concerning tax matters of the principal does not terminate upon the death of the principal. Specifies that this authority terminates upon the appointment of a personal representative. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the probate code study committee.)

Bill Sponsors (5)

Votes


Actions


Apr 03, 2025

Senate

Signed by the President of the Senate

Mar 27, 2025

Senate

Signed by the President Pro Tempore

House

Signed by the Speaker

Mar 24, 2025

House

House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 302: yeas 95, nays 0

Mar 20, 2025

House

Motion to concur filed

Mar 12, 2025

Senate

Returned to the House with amendments

Mar 11, 2025

Senate

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 224: yeas 49, nays 1

Mar 10, 2025

Senate

Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

Senate

Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote

Mar 06, 2025

Senate

Committee report: do pass, adopted

Feb 18, 2025

Senate

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary

Jan 29, 2025

House

Referred to the Senate

Jan 28, 2025

House

Representatives Morris and Zimmerman added as coauthors

House

Cosponsor: Senator Koch

House

Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L

House

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 24: yeas 89, nays 0

Jan 27, 2025

House

Second reading: ordered engrossed

Jan 21, 2025

House

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

Jan 08, 2025

House

Authored by Representative Jeter

House

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  • Reading-1
  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Enrolled House Bill (H) PDF
Engrossed House Bill (H) PDF
House Bill (S) PDF PDF
Introduced House Bill (H) PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Note: HB1088.05.ENRS.FN001 PDF

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