South Dakota Statutes

§ 21-24-5 — Determination of rights under trust or decedent's estate.

South Dakota·Title 21 JUDICIAL REMEDIES·Ch. 21-24 DECLARATORY JUDGMENT

Any person interested as or through a personal representative, trustee, conservator, or 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, minor, protected person, or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto:

(1)To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;
(2)To direct the personal representatives 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 estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.

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Related

Matter of Estate of Krause
444 N.W.2d 4 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1989)
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In re Cleopatra Cameron Gift Trust
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Matter of Cameron Trust
2019 S.D. 35 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2019)
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First Northwestern Trust Co. of South Dakota v. Family Homes, Inc.
303 N.W.2d 352 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1981)
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Matter of Carver Revocable Trust
944 N.W.2d 808 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2020)
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2025 S.D. 35 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2025)

Legislative History

SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.0104; SL 1993, ch 213, § 100.

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