Indiana § 29-1-5-3.3 Certain wills executed in reliance on supreme court order

Indiana Statutes

§ 29-1-5-3.3 — Certain wills executed in reliance on supreme court order

Indiana § 29-1-5-3.3

Art. 1PROBATE CODE

Ch. 5Execution and Revocation of Wills

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Ind. Code § 29-1-5-3.3 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to a will that is signed and witnessed:

(1)on or after March 31, 2020;

(2)before January 1, 2021; and

(3)in reliance on the Indiana supreme court's order signed and filed on March 31, 2020, under case number 20S-MS-237, or, as supplemented or extended by the supreme court's order signed and filed on May 1, 2020, under case number 20S-MS-237, and by the supreme court's orders signed and filed on May 29, 2020, and November 10, 2020, under case number 20S-CB-123.

(b)Notwithstanding any other law or provision, a will described in subsection (a) that was signed and witnessed in compliance with:

(1)the procedures and requirements set forth in the Indiana supreme court's order signed and filed on March 31, 2020, under case number 20S-MS-237, or, as supplemented or

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3. (a) This section applies to a will that is
signed and witnessed:
(1) on or after March 31, 2020;
(2) before January 1, 2021; and
(3) in reliance on the Indiana supreme court's order signed and
filed on March 31, 2020, under case number 20S-MS-237, or, as
supplemented or extended by the supreme court's order signed
and filed on May 1, 2020, under case number 20S-MS-237, and
by the supreme court's orders signed and filed on May 29, 2020,
and November 10, 2020, under case number 20S-CB-123.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law or provision, a will described in
subsection (a) that was signed and witnessed in compliance with:
(1) the procedures and requirements set forth in the Indiana
supreme court's order signed and filed on March 31, 2020, under
case number 20S-MS-237, or, as supplemented or extended by the
supreme court's order signed and filed on May 1, 2020, under case
number 20S-MS-237 and by the supreme court's order signed and
filed on November 10, 2020, under case number 20S-CB-123; or
(2) the procedures and requirements set forth in section 3.1 of this
chapter or IC 29-1-21-4;
is not required to be reexecuted or reratified by the testator or the
witnesses in compliance with the witnessing procedures specified
under section 3 or 3.1 of this chapter as those chapters existed on June
30, 2020.
(c) A proponent who offers a will for probate may demonstrate
prima facie compliance with subsection (b) by relying on the contents
of a self-proving clause or by describing compliance in a verified
petition under IC 29-1-7-4. A person contesting the validity of a will
described in subsection (a) has the burden of proving noncompliance
with subsection (b).