South Dakota Statutes
§ 21-24-5 — Determination of rights under trust or decedent's estate.
South Dakota § 21-24-5
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-24-5 (2026).
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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)
In re Cleopatra Cameron Gift Trust
931 N.W.2d 244 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2019)
Matter of Cameron Trust
2019 S.D. 35 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2019)
First Northwestern Trust Co. of South Dakota v. Family Homes, Inc.
303 N.W.2d 352 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1981)
Matter of Carver Revocable Trust
944 N.W.2d 808 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2020)
Jensen, Hoffman v. Dep't of Corrections
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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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 21-24-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/21-24-5.