Arizona Laws 14-10201. Role of court in administration of trust
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A. The court may intervene in the administration of a trust to the extent its jurisdiction is invoked by an interested person or as provided by law.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 14-10201
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Court: means the superior court. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Interested person: includes any trustee, heir, devisee, child, spouse, creditor, beneficiary, person holding a power of appointment and other person who has a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent, ward or protected person. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- 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.
- Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Trust: includes an express trust, private or charitable, with any additions, wherever and however created. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
B. A trust is not subject to continuing judicial supervision unless ordered by the court.
C. A judicial proceeding involving a trust may relate to any matter involving the trust’s administration, including a request for instructions and an action to declare rights.