Indiana Code
Chapter 6. Procedure
30-4-6-4. Docketing of Trusts in General

Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 7 of this chapter and IC 30-4-7, unless the terms of the trust expressly direct that the court is to have continuing jurisdiction over the administration of the trust:
(1) a trustee need not file a copy of the trust instrument as a part of the court's records;
(2) the court may not require a copy of the trust instrument to be filed as a part of the court's records; and
(3) if:
(A) a decedent's will establishes a trust or contains a devise to a trust; and
(B) the will is probated under IC 29-1-7 with or without the appointment of a personal representative for the decedent's estate;
the court shall have no continuing jurisdiction over the administration of the trust after the will is probated or after any distribution from the decedent's estate is paid or delivered to the trustee.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.416, SEC.7. As amended by P.L.200-1991, SEC.5; P.L.162-2022, SEC.20.

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