Sec. 5. Every contract executed jointly by the decedent with any other person or persons, and every joint judgment founded on such contract, shall be deemed to be joint and several for the purpose contemplated in section 4 of this chapter; and the amount due thereon shall be allowed against the estate of the decedent as if the contract were joint and several.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1405. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.38.
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Chapter 14. Claims Against the Estate
29-1-14-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
29-1-14-1. Limitations; Filing; Claims Barred or Not; Liens; Tort Claims
29-1-14-2. Actions; Definite Statement; Personal Representative Actions; Deductions From Claims
29-1-14-3. Future Claims; Payment; Bonds
29-1-14-4. Actions; Joint Contracts and Judgment
29-1-14-5. Joint Contracts and Judgments Deemed Joint and Several
29-1-14-6. Secured Claims, Allowance, and Payment
29-1-14-7. Contingent Claims; Payment; Bond of Distributee
29-1-14-8. Contingent Claims; Liability of Distributees; Contribution
29-1-14-9. Classification of Claims; Preferences
29-1-14-10. Allowance; Disallowance; Expenses of Administration
29-1-14-11. Inquiry Into Correctness; Liability on Bond
29-1-14-12. Trial; Pleading; Dismissal
29-1-14-13. Trial of Claims; Judgment; Set-Off or Counterclaim
29-1-14-14. Petitions; Defend Claims; Objections to Payment
29-1-14-15. Execution; Final Process; Payment; Mortgages, Pledges, or Liens; Enforcement
29-1-14-16. Liens and Mortgages, Enforcement; Sale of Real Estate; Exception
29-1-14-17. Personal Representative Claims
29-1-14-18. Compromise of Claims
29-1-14-19. Payment of Claims; Bond or Security of Creditor; Report of Insolvency
29-1-14-20. Mortgage; Pledge; Lien; Payment; Renewal; Extension