Indiana Code 32-17-14-25. Rights of surviving spouses and children
(b) A beneficiary designation designating the children of the owner or children of any other person as a class and not by name includes all children of the person regardless of whether the child is born or adopted before or after the beneficiary designation is made.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-17-14-25
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(d) A beneficiary designation or a governing instrument may provide that subsection (c) does not apply to an owner’s beneficiary designation. In addition, a transferring entity is not obligated to apply subsection (c) to property registered in beneficiary form.
(e) If a beneficiary designation does not name any child of the owner as the designated beneficiary with respect to a particular property interest, a child of the owner born or adopted after the owner makes the beneficiary designation is not entitled to any share of the property interest subject to the designation.
As added by P.L.143-2009, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.6-2010, SEC.33; P.L.36-2011, SEC.15.