Unsupervised Estate: Imogene Abbott Perry v. Janice Mandla Mattingly

── Unsupervised Estate: Imogene Abbott Perry v. Janice Mandla Mattingly ── Case No.: 22A-EU-02774 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 24, 2024 Author: Judge Melissa May County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Foley concur On September 4, 2015, Richard Abbott passed away in Muncie, Indiana. At some point thereafter, Lauth Investigations International, Inc. (“Lauth”), a company based in Indiana, discovered Abbott had unclaimed assets of approximately $52,150.00. On May 1, 2021, Perry, Abbott’s heir and a resident of Georgia at the time, signed a Claimant Agreement with Lauth in which she agreed, among other things, to pay Lauth a “finder fee equal to ten percent (10%) of the actual recovered amount of Assets.” (Appellee’s App. Vol.