Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code - Section 37.005. Declarations Relating To Trust Or Estate
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§ 37.005. DECLARATIONS RELATING TO TRUST OR ESTATE. A
person interested as or through an executor or administrator,
including an independent executor or administrator, a trustee,
guardian, other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next
of kin, or cestui que trust in the administration of a trust or of
the estate of a decedent, an infant, mentally incapacitated person,
or insolvent may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in
respect to the trust or estate:
(1) to ascertain any class of creditors, devisees,
legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;
(2) to direct the executors, administrators, or
trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their
fiduciary capacity;
(3) to determine any question arising in the
administration of the trust or estate, including questions of
construction of wills and other writings; or
(4) to determine rights or legal relations of an
independent executor or independent administrator regarding
fiduciary fees and the settling of accounts.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended
by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, § 3.08(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987;
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 855, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 36.006 36.007 36.008 37.001 37.002 37.003 37.004 37.005 37.006 37.007 37.008 37.009 37.010 37.011 38.001
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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