Indiana Code 33-31-1-15. Court of record; force and effect of judgment, orders, and proceedings

Sec. 15. (a) The probate court is a court of record and of general jurisdiction.

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Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Probate: Proving a will

(b) The court’s judgments, decrees, orders, and proceedings:

(1) have the same force and effect as those of the circuit court; and

(2) shall be enforced in the same manner.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-8-2-16.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.10.