(b) Every estate vested in executors or trustees as executors shall be held by them in joint tenancy.(c) Except as provided in subsection (b), a conveyance or devise of land or of any interest in land made to two (2) or more persons creates an estate in common and not in joint tenancy unless:(1) it is expressed in the conveyance or devise that the grantees or devisees hold the land or interest in land in joint tenancy and to the survivor of them; or(2) the intent to create an estate in joint tenancy manifestly appears from the tenor of the instrument.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citations: 32-1-2-7; 32-1-2-8.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.
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