Indiana High Court Says Compromise Chapter Cannot Enforce Pre-Mortem Agreement

(June 22, 2018, 2:53 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A 4-1 Indiana Supreme Court on June 19 reversed an appeals court’s ruling that a woman could use the state’s compromise chapter to enforce an agreement she and her brother entered into before her father’s death, holding that the Legislature intended the chapter to apply to agreements entered into after someone’s death (David Kent v. Cynthia Kerr, No. 55S01-1712-ES-00747, Ind. Sup., 2018 Ind. LEXIS 449)....

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