Indiana Code 28-1-11-6. Appointment as fiduciary
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- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Sec. 6. Any bank or trust company may be appointed and act under the order of appointment of any court of competent jurisdiction as commissioner for the sale of real estate, guardian of the person and estate of persons under the age of eighteen (18) years, and incapacitated persons (as defined in IC 29-3-1-7.5), or as trustee, receiver, conservator, or committee of the property or estate of a person, corporation, or company, in insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or as depository of money paid into court, whether for the benefit of a person, regardless of age, corporation, or party, and in any other fiduciary capacity.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.40, s.175; Acts 1973, P.L.280, SEC.3. As amended by P.L.33-1989, SEC.27.