In Indiana, estates valued at $100,000IC 29-1-8-1Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less skip probate with the Small Estate AffidavitIC 29-1-8-1Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, 45 daysIC 29-1-8-1Verified Sep 8, 2026View source after death. Real property is outside the affidavitIC 29-1-8-1Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, which reaches personal property only. Indiana sets the limit by the decedent's date of deathIC 29-1-8-1Verified Sep 8, 2026View source; an earlier death may be measured against a lower figure. An estate over the limit does not qualify, and no affidavit is prepared for it.

The creditor claim period of 3 monthsIC 29-1-14-1, 29-1-7-7, 29-1-14-9, 29-1-14-10Verified Sep 15, 2026View source runs from the first publication of the creditor notice, which follows the executor's appointment. Every claim is barred 9 monthsIC 29-1-14-1, 29-1-7-7, 29-1-14-9, 29-1-14-10Verified Sep 15, 2026View source after the date of death, whether or not notice was given.

Within 60 daysIC 29-1-12-1, IC 29-1-7.5-3.2Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of the personal representative's appointment.

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 laterIC 29-1-7.5-4 (unsupervised closing statement); IC 29-1-16-2, 29-1-16-5 (final account); IC 29-1-17-2, 29-1-17-13 (supervised final settlement, decree, and order of discharge)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.

No. Indiana publishes no official formInd. Code Title 29, Article 1 (Probate Code)Verified Sep 23, 2026View source, so the renunciation is a signed writing.