Boone County Probate Records Overview
Boone Superior Court I has probate jurisdiction in Boone County. The official court page states that Superior Court I hears criminal, civil, and probate matters, and it has exclusive jurisdiction over estates, guardianships, and adoptions. That local assignment is the key point for probate access because a person searching for an estate or guardianship should not assume the Circuit Court or Superior Court II is the default probate venue.
Probate records are maintained through the court and the Boone County Clerk. A public search may show case type, filing date, parties, events, orders, and status. A certified letter, certified order, or complete copy request moves through the clerk. For adoption or sensitive guardianship records, public access can be limited even when the existence of a case type is known.
The manifest image from the Boone Superior Court I page shows the local court source for probate jurisdiction.
That local court source is the reason Boone County probate requests should be tied to Superior Court I rather than a generic probate office name.
Boone County Probate Terms
Probate filings use terms that can affect who may request a record and what type of copy is needed. A person named in an estate may ask for letters, while a person researching a closed file may need only a docket or order. These short definitions keep the Boone County probate record path clear.
- Testator
- A person who made a will before death.
- Executor
- A person named to carry out the will and handle estate duties after court authority is granted.
- Intestate
- A death without a valid will, which may require appointment of an administrator.
- Guardianship
- A court case that gives a guardian authority over a minor or protected person.
- Conservatorship
- A protective financial arrangement, often treated with guardianship-related limits in modern Indiana practice.
Search Boone County Probate Cases
Use Indiana MyCase for public Boone County probate case information when the case is not confidential, sealed, or otherwise restricted. Search by decedent, estate, petitioner, guardian, protected person, or cause number. If the system allows a court filter, choose Boone Superior Court I because probate jurisdiction is concentrated there. Open and closed status filters can help when the date of death or appointment date is not exact.
- Identify whether the matter is an estate, guardianship, trust, or adoption.
- Search MyCase by cause number if one is known, or by party, decedent, protected person, guardian, or petitioner name.
- Limit the search to Boone Superior Court I when court filters are available.
- Review the public chronological case summary, case type, events, and available orders.
- Contact the Boone County Clerk for certified letters, certified orders, or copies that are not downloadable.
Note: Adoption records and sensitive guardianship material may require party access, attorney access, or a court order.
Boone County Probate Search Fields
Probate search fields are more useful when they match the role in the case. An estate may be indexed by the decedent or estate name, while a guardianship may involve a protected person, guardian, petitioner, or attorney. Case type filters can separate supervised estates, unsupervised estates, guardianships, trusts, and adoption matters.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyCase party search | Text/date | Conditional | Search decedent, protected person, guardian, petitioner, or estate name where public. |
| Case number | Text | Optional | Best when letters, an order, or a prior notice lists the cause number. |
| Court | Dropdown | Optional | Select Boone Superior Court I when available. |
| Case type | Dropdown | Optional | Estate supervised, estate unsupervised, guardianship, trust, or adoption where visible. |
| Status | Dropdown | Optional | Open, closed, or all. |
| File date | Date range | Optional | Useful for estates opened near a date of death. |
Boone County Probate Court Contact
Boone Superior Court I is the probate court for estates, guardianships, and adoptions. The County Clerk remains the copy and certification point for court records. Use the court page for judicial venue context and the clerk for copies, fees, certified letters, and record pickup questions.
Boone Superior Court I
Judge: Matthew C. Kincaid
Boone County Courthouse
Lebanon, IN 46052
765-482-0450
Probate jurisdiction: estates, guardianships, and adoptions
Boone County Clerk
212 Courthouse Square
Lebanon, IN 46052
765-482-3510
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Boone County Probate Fees
Boone County probate fees come from the clerk fee schedule. The same fee page also lists copy and certification charges that matter after an estate or guardianship is filed. The filing fee is not the same as the later cost for extra letters or certified pages, so requesters should separate case opening costs from copy costs.
| Probate Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Estate, trust, and guardianship filing | $177.00 |
| Additional certified letters after original included in filing fee | $2.00 |
| Adoption filing | $157.00 |
| Certified pleadings | $3.00 certification plus $1.00 per page |
| Copies | $0.10 per page except orders |
| Orders | $1.00 per page |
The manifest image from the Boone County Clerk fines and court costs page documents the local probate fee source.
Use that fee source with the clerk contact path before mailing payment or asking for certified probate letters.
What Boone County Probate Records Show
A public Boone County probate case may show the case number, court, case type, status, filing date, parties, attorney names, docket events, orders, and closing entries. Estates may include petition filings, will admission, letters issued, notices, inventory references, claims, accountings, receipts, waivers, final reports, and closing orders. Guardianship cases may show appointment events, bond orders, reports, hearings, and orders when public.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | The Indiana cause number assigned to the probate matter. |
| Case type | Estate supervised, estate unsupervised, guardianship, trust, adoption, or related probate category. |
| Parties | Estate, decedent, protected person, petitioner, personal representative, guardian, and attorneys when public. |
| Events | Petition filed, will admitted, letters issued, inventory, claims, hearings, orders, accountings, and closure. |
| Documents | Public orders may be downloadable, while wills, inventories, or sensitive filings may require clerk access. |
| Restrictions | Adoption, protected-person data, account numbers, SSNs, and medical details are limited or redacted. |
Restricted Boone County Probate Records
Not all probate material is public. Indiana access rules and family-law statutes can restrict adoption records, juvenile-related material, mental health information, medical details, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and sensitive guardianship documents. The case may still have public events, but the underlying filing may be unavailable online or limited to parties, attorneys, or court-approved requesters.
The Indiana family and probate law source in the manifest comes from Indiana Code Title 31.
State law is why a Boone County probate search may disclose basic docket information while withholding adoption or guardianship details.
Note: Certified probate letters and orders should be requested from the Boone County Clerk after confirming the case number and fee.