Sec. 31. (a) The probate court shall hear and determine questions and issue appropriate orders concerning the determination of the beneficiary who is entitled to receive a transfer on death transfer and the proper share of each beneficiary.
(b) The probate court shall hear and determine questions and issue appropriate orders concerning any action to:
(1) obtain the distribution of any money or property from a transferring entity; or
(2) with respect to money or property that was improperly distributed to any person, obtain the return of:
(A) any money or property and income earned on the money or property; or
(B) an amount equal to the sum of the value of the money or property plus income and gain realized from the money or property.
As added by P.L.143-2009, SEC.41.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 17. Interests in Property
Chapter 14. Transfer on Death Property Act
32-17-14-0.2. Application of Prior Law
32-17-14-2.1. Application of Chapter to Preexisting Transfer on Death Transfers
32-17-14-5. General Rules Concerning Transfer on Death Transfers
32-17-14-6. Authority of a Transferring Entity
32-17-14-7. Agreement Between Owner and Transferring Entity
32-17-14-8. Transferring Entity's Acceptance of a Beneficiary Designation
32-17-14-9. Beneficiary Designation; Effects; Requirements
32-17-14-10. Assignment of Contract Rights
32-17-14-11. Transfer on Death Deeds
32-17-14-12. Transfer on Death Transfers of Tangible Personal Property
32-17-14-13. Direct Transfer to a Transferee to Hold as Owner in Beneficiary Form
32-17-14-14. Registration in Beneficiary Form
32-17-14-16. Changing or Revoking a Beneficiary Designation
32-17-14-17. Powers of an Attorney in Fact, a Guardian, a Conservator, or an Agent
32-17-14-20. Beneficiary Required to Survive the Owner
32-17-14-21. Trusts as Designated Beneficiaries
32-17-14-22. Substitution for Designated Beneficiaries Who Do Not Survive the Owner
32-17-14-23. Effect of Dissolution or Annulment
32-17-14-24. Fraud, Duress, Undue Influence, Mistake, or Lack of Capacity
32-17-14-25. Rights of Surviving Spouses and Children
32-17-14-26. General Rules Applying to a Beneficiary Designation
32-17-14-27. Powers and Duties of a Transferring Entity
32-17-14-28. Effect of Improper Distributions
32-17-14-29. Creditors of an Owner