§ 75-4-301 Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative
§ 75-4-302 Jurisdiction by act of decedent
§ 75-4-303 Service on foreign personal representative

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Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 75 > Chapter 4 > Part 3 - Jurisdiction Over Foreign Representatives

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Foreign personal representative: means a personal representative of another jurisdiction. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • 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.
  • Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Property: includes both real and personal property or any interest therein and means anything that may be the subject of ownership. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or a Native American tribe or band recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2