One other thing to remember with a non–resident personal representative is the court will likely be less willing to waive the posting of bond. Bond is essentially an insurance that pays the ...

Dejaune Anderson, the mother of a boy whose body was found in a suitcase, was ordered held without bond Tuesday; she is being charged with murder, obstruction of justice and neglect.

CLARK COUNTY, Ind. — A southern Indiana judge set terms of bond Monday for the third member of former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel's family to be arrested and charged with multiple felonies.

The bond is a sort of insurance policy that reimburses the estate should the personal representative turn out to be a ne’er-do-well and runs off with the estate’s money.