§ 32-23-12-12 — Successor trustee; subsequent proceedings

Indiana § 32-23-12-12

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 32: PROPERTY
• Art. 23: CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY INTERESTS
• Ch. 12: Coal: Estates in Land

Text

(a) If a trustee:
(1) dies or resigns; or
(2) refuses or is unable to act;
the circuit or superior court shall, upon either the court's motion or the
motion of a plaintiff, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) After the entry of the initial judgment authorizing a lease, all
subsequent proceedings pertaining to the coal land and the coal interest
involved in the initial litigation, including subsequent leasing
proceedings or proceedings by the trustee requesting authority to
execute and deliver additional documents pertaining to a coal lease,
must be commenced in the same court as the proceedings for the initial
lease. The acting trustee at the time of any subsequent proceedings
shall act as the trustee in the subsequent proceedings. The circuit or
superior court retains continuing jurisdiction over any subsequent
proceedings.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.94-2009, SEC.1.