Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 30-4-6-2 (2026)
Continuing jurisdiction
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 2. (Continuing Jurisdiction)
The court will have continuing jurisdiction to supervise the administration of the trust only if the settlor expressly directs in the terms of the trust that the court is to have that jurisdiction.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.416, SEC.7.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1997–2016 · leading case: In Re Marvine W. Alford Trust, 897 N.E.2d 946 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008).
In Re Marvine W. Alford Trust, 897 N.E.2d 946 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “Code § 30-4-6-2 provides: "The court will have continuing jurisdiction to supervise the administration of the trust only if the settlor expressly directs in the terms of the trust that the court is to have that jurisdiction.”
Adler v. Adler, 713 N.E.2d 348 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). “See I.C. § 30-4-6-2; Matter of Raymond Heeter Trust, 681 N.”
Stephanie A. Schrage v. The Audrey R. Seberger Living Trust u/t/d April 27, 2009 John R. O'Drobinak as Successor Tr., 52 N.E.3d 54 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). “I.C. § 30-4-6-2. Based on these statutes, and unless otherwise provided by the settlor in the trust terms, a court has no jurisdiction over a trust.”
Matter of the Raymond Heeter Trust, 681 N.E.2d 240 (Ind. Ct. App. 1997). “Inasmuch as trusts are not subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the courts, Ind.Code § 30-4-6-2, the Miami Circuit Court did not have jurisdiction over the property when the Miami Superior Court took possession of the property as an asset of the Heeter estate.”
Iannetta v. Edwardson, 949 N.E.2d 851 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). “Section 30-4-6-2 provides: “The court will have continuing jurisdiction to supervise the administration’ of the trust only if the settlor expressly directs in the terms of the trust that the court is to have that jurisdiction.”
Adler v. Adler, No. 37A04-9808-CV-401 (Ind. June 30, 1999). “See I.C. § 30-4-6-2; Matter of Raymond Heeter Trust , 681 N.”
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