Sec. 18. (a) Subject to sections 16 and 17 of this chapter, after the death of an intestate personality, the rights and remedies of this chapter may be exercised and enforced by a person who possesses a total of not less than one-half (1/2) interest of the personality’s recognized rights.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-36-1-18

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • person: means a natural person, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, or an unincorporated association. See Indiana Code 32-36-1-5
  • personality: means a living or deceased natural person whose:

    Indiana Code 32-36-1-6

     (b) A person described in subsection (a) shall account to any other person in whom the personality’s recognized rights have vested to the extent that the other person’s interest may appear.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-13-1-18.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.21.

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