Kroslack v. Estate of Kroslack

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Mary L. Kroslack has challenged a trial court’s order approving a compromise of obligations due her deceased husband’s estate. The Court of Appeals concluded that the proposal for compromise represented a “tactical decision” for the special administrator of the estate and held that the trial court had the discretion to approve it. Kroslack v. Estate of Kroslack (1986), Ind.App., 489 N.E.2d 650. We grant transfer and hold that approval of the compromise was not in the best interests of the estate and therefore constituted an abuse of discretion.

On August 31,…