Ind. Code § 6-4.1-10-4 – Appeal of refund order; complaint; jurisdiction

(a) A person who files a claim for the refund of inheritance tax or Indiana estate tax (paid before its repeal) may appeal any refund order which the department of state revenue enters with respect to the person's claim. To initiate the appeal, the person must, within ninety (90) days after the department enters the order, file a complaint in which the department is named as the defendant.
(b) The court which has jurisdiction over an appeal initiated under this section is:
1. (1) the probate court of the county in which administration of the estate is pending, if the appeal involves either a resident or a nonresident decedent's estate and administration of the estate is pending;
2. (2) the probate court of the county in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of the decedent's death, if the appeal involves a resident decedent's estate and no administration of the estate is pending in Indiana; or
3. (3) the probate court of any county in which any of the decedent's property was located at the time of the decedent's death, if the appeal involves a nonresident decedent's estate and no administration of the estate is pending in Indiana.
  As added by Acts 1976, P.L.18, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.57, SEC.27; P.L.205-2013, SEC.113.