(a) The court will not, over the objection of a party, entertain proceedings under Alaska Stat. § 13.36.035 involving a trust registered or having its principal place of administration in another state, unless

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 13.36.045

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) all appropriate parties could not be bound by litigation in the courts of the state where the trust is registered or has its principal place of administration;
(2) the interests of justice otherwise would seriously be impaired; or
(3) the trust satisfies Alaska Stat. § 13.36.035(c).
(b) The court may condition a stay or dismissal of a proceeding under this section on any party’s consent to jurisdiction of the state in which the trust is registered or has its principal place of business, or the court may grant a continuance or enter any other appropriate order.
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