Indiana Senate Bill 36 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 24 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-24 - Public Law 51
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Provides that a petition or other document filed in court by a personal representative in an estate proceeding with a written consent to the petition or other document or a written waiver of notice of the proceedings in the estate is not required to include a statement that the personal representative delivered a copy of the petition or other document to each person whose written consent or waiver of notice of proceedings was presented to the court, if the petition or other document contains a statement by the person whose signature appears on the consent or waiver: (1) identifying the petition or other document; and (2) affirming that the person has received a copy of the petition or other document and had a reasonable time to read and understand the petition or other document before signing the consent or waiver. Requires a party contesting the validity of a will to serve a copy of the complaint on the counsel for the personal representative. Provides that the court may not enter a default judgment for the contesting party unless proof of service on the counsel for the personal representative is made to the court. Specifies that the procedures for dispensing with the administration of small estates are available to distributees and persons acting on behalf of distributees rather than persons claiming to be entitled to payment from the decedent's estate. Provides for an enforcement action against a person who does not comply with a fiduciary's demand or instruction. Allows a court to award attorney's fees and costs in certain enforcement proceedings. Provides that payments on liens paid with respect to a probate distribution are charged to the beneficiaries of the distribution unless the will provides expressly or by necessary implication that the

Probate, trust, and transfer on death matters.

Sen. Michael Delph [R]	Sen. Joseph Zakas [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Thomas Washburne [R]
Rep. Ryan Dvorak [D]

2014-02-24 - House - House Floor - (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-02-17 - House - House Committee on Judiciary - Roll Call 003603 (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-02-03 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: Passed: (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-01-15 - Senate - Senate Committee on Judiciary - Roll Call 003601 (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-24	Senate	Public Law 51
2014-03-24	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2014-03-05	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2014-03-05	Senate	Signed by the Speaker
2014-02-24	House	Representative Dvorak added as cosponsor.
2014-02-24	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2014-02-24	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 244: yeas 97 and nays 0
2014-02-20	House	Second reading: engrossed.
2014-02-18	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-02-10	House	First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
2014-02-03	Senate	Representative Washburne added as cosponsor.
2014-02-03	Senate	Representative Koch added sponsor.
2014-02-03	Senate	Referred to the House
2014-02-03	Senate	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 100: yeas 47 and nays 0
2014-01-30	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2014-01-30	Senate	SB 36 Amendment #1 (Delph), prevailed.
2014-01-21	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor.
2014-01-16	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-01-07	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
2014-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Delph, Zakas

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/36/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/d/1/9/fd19759f/SB0036.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/a/c/6/5ac616c9/SB0036.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/d/2/c/9d2c2dec/SB0036.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/9/7/1/69712461/SB0036.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/2/8/4628ffca/SB0036.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/0/3/ec0378a7/SB0036.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/3/f/2a3f3d91/SB0036.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/2/9/e/f29e4ad4/SB0036.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/7/0/7/9707c9a0/SB0036.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/4/3/5/4435a93a/SB0036.03.ENGS.100.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/9/3/92934ce0/SB0036.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/9/9/879991e0/SB0036.04.COMH.244.pdf