Indiana § 32-17-4-23 - Partition of fee and life estates
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 32-17-4-23 — Partition of fee and life estates, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32-17-4-23. Partition of fee and life estates
Sec. 23. A:
(1) person that owns:
(A) an undivided interest in fee simple in any lands; and
(B) a life estate in:
(i) the remaining part of the land; or
(ii) any part of the remaining portion of the land; or
(2) person that owns a fee in the land described in subdivision (1) that is subject to the undivided interest in fee and the life estate in the land;
may compel partition of the land and have the fee simple interest in the land set off and determined in the same manner as land is partitioned under Indiana law.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-6-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32-17-4-23 ("Partition of fee and life estates") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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