Carlson v. Warren

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Joyce Carlson (“Carlson”), the administrator of Noel Mangus’s (“Mangus”) estate, and Elizabeth Alderson (“Alderson”), Mangus’s sister, challenge Mangus’s inter vivos conveyance of his farmland to his caretakers, Ernest and Anita Warren (the “Warrens” or “Ernest” or “Anita,” respectively). We find that, by designating deposition testimony in support of their motion for summary judgment that relates to the deed transfer at issue in this case, Carlson and Alderson waived the applicability of Indiana Code § 34-45-2-4 (“Dead Man’s Statute”). Further, the Warrens’…