Ind. Code § 29-1-11-10 – Breach of obligation; damages; intervention

(a) The court may, on breach of the obligation of the bond of the personal representative, after notice to the obligors in the bond and to such other persons as the court directs, determine the damages as a part of the proceeding for the administration of the estate, and by appropriate proceeding enforce the collection thereof from those liable on the bond. Such determination and enforcement may be made by the court upon its own motion or upon application of a successor personal representative, or of any other personal representative, or of any other interested person. The court may hear the application at time of settling the accounts of the defaulting personal representative or at such other time as the court may direct. Damages shall be assessed on behalf of all interested persons and may be paid over to the successor or other non-defaulting personal representative and distributed as other assets held by the personal representative in his official capacity.
(b) The bond of the personal representative shall not be void upon the first recovery, but may be proceeded upon from time to time until the whole penalty is exhausted.
(c) If the court has already determined the liability of the personal representative, the sureties shall not be permitted thereafter to deny such liability in any action or hearing to determine their liability; but the surety may intervene in any hearing to determine the liability of the personal representative.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1110.