Sec. 1. The following terms are defined for this chapter:
(1) "Local administration" means administration by a personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in IC 29-1.
(2) "Local personal representative" includes any personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in IC 29-1 and excludes foreign personal representatives who acquire the power of a local personal representative under section 6 of this chapter.
(3) "Resident creditor" means a person domiciled in, or doing business in this state, who is, or could be, a claimant against an estate of a non-resident decedent.
(4) "Non-resident decedent" means a decedent not domiciled in Indiana at the decedent's death.
(5) "Foreign personal representative" means a personal representative appointed in a jurisdiction other than Indiana to administer a non-resident decedent's estate.
(6) "Domiciliary foreign personal representative" means a foreign personal representative appointed in the jurisdiction where the decedent was domiciled at the time of the decedent's death.
Formerly: Acts 1881(ss), c.45, s.1; Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.39. As amended by P.L.9-2022, SEC.62.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 1. Jurisdiction in Probate Matters and Probate of Foreign Wills
29-2-1-3. Payments to Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative; Release of Debtor
29-2-1-5. Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative; Filing Copies of Appointment and Bond
29-2-1-6. Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative; Powers
29-2-1-8. Non-Resident Decedents; Proceedings; Application of Law
29-2-1-9. Foreign Personal Representative; Submission to Jurisdiction of State Court
29-2-1-10. Foreign Personal Representative; Subjection to Decedent Jurisdiction
29-2-1-11. Service of Process on Foreign Personal Representative