Indiana Code
Chapter 10. Personal Representatives
29-1-10-19. Termination of Authority; Validity of Prior Acts

Sec. 19. All acts of personal representatives whose authority shall subsequently be terminated because an estate found to be intestate is later found to be testate, or vice versa, because of a revocation of letters, or for any other cause, which acts were lawful when performed, according to the authority under which such personal representative was acting, shall be valid insofar as concerns the rights and liabilities of a purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer, for value in good faith or a personal representative who has acted in good faith. No person delivering or transferring property to a personal representative or to any other person by authority of the letters issued to such personal representative or upon court order or pursuant to a will under which such a personal representative is acting, shall be held accountable by virtue of such acts performed prior to such termination of authority if such acts were lawful in accordance with the apparent authority of such letters, court order or will.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1019.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 29. Probate

Article 1. Probate Code

Chapter 10. Personal Representatives

29-1-10-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

29-1-10-1. Letters Testamentary; Letters of General Administration; Persons to Whom Granted; Order; Qualifications

29-1-10-2. Letters; Renouncing Right

29-1-10-3. Letters; Issuance; Conditions

29-1-10-4. Letters; Evidence of Authority

29-1-10-5. Actions or Proceedings; Evidence of Authority

29-1-10-6. Removal of Personal Representatives for Reasons Other Than a Change in Control of a Corporate Fiduciary

29-1-10-6.5. Removal of Personal Representative Following a Change in Control of a Corporate Fiduciary

29-1-10-7. Successor Representatives; Appointment

29-1-10-8. Successor Representatives; Rights and Powers

29-1-10-9. Joint Representatives; Powers; Survivor

29-1-10-10. Joint Representatives; Powers

29-1-10-11. Joint Representatives; Powers; Voting Shares of Stock

29-1-10-12. Voting Corporate Shares

29-1-10-12.5. Protection of Persons Dealing in Good Faith

29-1-10-13. Compensation; Attorney's Services

29-1-10-14. Actions on Probate; Expenses and Attorney's Fees

29-1-10-15. Special Administrator; Appointment; Appeal of Order

29-1-10-15.5. Wrongful Death; Special Administrator; Appointment; Objection

29-1-10-16. Pending Will Contest; Administration of Estate

29-1-10-17. Damages for Wrongful Death

29-1-10-18. Wrongful Death; Nonresident; Appointment of Administrator

29-1-10-19. Termination of Authority; Validity of Prior Acts

29-1-10-20. Duties of an Estate Lawyer

29-1-10-21. Authority of Personal Representatives; Circumstances in Which a Court Order May Allow an Action That the Personal Representative Is Prohibited From Taking