Sec. 28. (a) Any of the following provisions in an insurance policy, contract of employment, bond, mortgage, promissory note, deposit agreement, pension plan, trust agreement, conveyance, or any other written instrument effective as a contract, gift, conveyance, or trust is considered to be nontestamentary, and this title and IC 29 do not invalidate the instrument or any provision:
(1) That money or other benefits due to, controlled, or owned by a decedent before the person's death shall be paid after the person's death to a person designated by the decedent in either the instrument or a separate writing, including a will, executed at the same time as the instrument or subsequently.
(2) That any money due or to become due under the instrument shall cease to be payable in event of the death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand.
(3) That any property that is the subject of the instrument shall pass to a person designated by the decedent in either the instrument or a separate writing, including a will, executed at the same time as the instrument or subsequently.
(b) This section does not limit the rights of creditors under other Indiana laws.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-1.5-14.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 17. Interests in Property
Chapter 11. Multiple Party Accounts
32-17-11-2. "Beneficiary" Defined
32-17-11-3. "Financial Institution" Defined
32-17-11-4. "Joint Account" Defined
32-17-11-5. "Multiple Party Account" Defined
32-17-11-6. "Net Contribution" Defined
32-17-11-9. "Proof of Death" Defined
32-17-11-12. "Request" Defined
32-17-11-13. "Sums on Deposit" Defined
32-17-11-14. "Trust Account" Defined
32-17-11-15. "Withdrawal" Defined
32-17-11-16. Application of Certain Sections
32-17-11-17. Ownership of Accounts
32-17-11-18. Ownership of Accounts at Death of Party, Original Payee, or Trustee
32-17-11-19. Rights of Survivorship
32-17-11-20. Certain Transfers Not Testamentary
32-17-11-21.1. Liability for Creditor Claims and Statutory Allowances; Applicable Law
32-17-11-22. Payments; Multiple Party Accounts
32-17-11-23. Payments; Joint Accounts
32-17-11-25. Payments; Trust Accounts
32-17-11-26. Payments; Discharge of Financial Institutions From All Claims
32-17-11-27. Right of Financial Institutions to Set Off Against Accounts
32-17-11-28. Provisions in Certain Agreements Nontestamentary; Creditors' Rights
32-17-11-29. Personal Property Owned as Tenants in Common; Exceptions