Free Indiana Estate Closing Packet

In Indiana, the personal representative is discharged automatically once the statutory period runs, and a final accounting is required unless it is waived.

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On the default unsupervised track the personal representative closes the estate by filing a verified closing statement under IC 29-1-7.5-4 — certifying creditor notice was published and given, the estate is fully administered and all assets distributed, and a copy of the statement plus a written account was sent to affected distributees; no hearing or court order is required, and the estate closes by operation of law three months later.

No earlier than three months after the date of the first published notice to creditors under IC 29-1-7-7(b), and only if that first publication occurred more than three months before the date of the closing statement.

Yes. Indiana requires an account of the administration to close on this route, though the account can be excused in some estates. In an unsupervised administration the personal representative closes the estate by filing a verified closing statement, sending a copy to every distributee and to known creditors and claimants whose claims are neither paid nor barred, and furnishing the distributees whose interests are affected a full written account of the administration unless they waive it in writing; if no proceeding is pending three months after the statement is filed, the appointment terminates and the estate closes by operation of law without a court accounting.

Indiana discharges the personal representative automatically once the statutory period runs. On the unsupervised closing-statement track the PR's appointment terminates and the estate closes by operation of law three months after the closing statement is filed if no proceedings involving the PR are then pending (IC 29-1-7.5-4(b)); claims against the PR are barred unless commenced within three months of the filing (IC 29-1-7.5-6, fraud excepted). No discharge order is required. The supervised track instead ends with a court order of discharge under IC 29-1-17-13.

No. Indiana publishes no statewide closing form; the closing statement is composed to the requirements of the closing statute.

Closing an Estate in Indiana

How the closing statement closes a Indiana estate: On the default unsupervised track the personal representative closes the estate by filing a verified closing statement under IC 29-1-7.5-4 — certifying creditor notice was published and given, the estate is fully administered and all assets distributed, and a copy of the statement plus a written account was sent to affected distributees; no hearing or court order is required, and the estate closes by operation of law three months later.

Indiana requires an account of the administration to close on this route, though the account can be excused in some estates. In an unsupervised administration the personal representative closes the estate by filing a verified closing statement, sending a copy to every distributee and to known creditors and claimants whose claims are neither paid nor barred, and furnishing the distributees whose interests are affected a full written account of the administration unless they waive it in writing; if no proceeding is pending three months after the statement is filed, the appointment terminates and the estate closes by operation of law without a court accounting.

Indiana publishes no statewide closing form; the closing statement is composed to the requirements of the closing statute.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 16, 2026

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In Indiana, the personal representative is discharged automatically once the statutory period runs, and a final accounting is required unless it is waived.

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Closing an Estate in Indiana

Indiana publishes no statewide closing form; the closing statement is composed to the requirements of the closing statute.

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