West Virginia § 44-6-3 Authority for investment

West Virginia Statutes

§ 44-6-3 — Authority for investment

West Virginia § 44-6-3

Ch. 44ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Art. 6INVESTMENTS BY FIDUCIARIES

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W. Va. Code § 44-6-3 (2026).

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When any fiduciary desires the authority or direction of the circuit court with respect to the investment of any funds in his hands, he shall file his petition in the circuit court of the county in which he qualified, setting out fully the facts, and verifying such petition by his affidavit. Ten days’ notice of the time fixed for the hearing on the petition shall be served on the beneficiaries of such trust funds, who shall be made defendants thereto, and, for any who may be under disability, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed. Such guardian ad litem shall answer the petition under oath, and be present at the hearing and represent the interests of the person or persons for whom he shall have been appointed guardian ad litem. The matters arising on such petition may be heard upon affida

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When any fiduciary desires the authority or direction of the circuit court with respect to the investment of any funds in his hands, he shall file his petition in the circuit court of the county in which he qualified, setting out fully the facts, and verifying such petition by his affidavit. Ten days’ notice of the time fixed for the hearing on the petition shall be served on the beneficiaries of such trust funds, who shall be made defendants thereto, and, for any who may be under disability, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed. Such guardian ad litem shall answer the petition under oath, and be present at the hearing and represent the interests of the person or persons for whom he shall have been appointed guardian ad litem. The matters arising on such petition may be heard upon affidavits, or depositions duly taken and returned, or upon oral testimony. The court upon the hearing may make such order in relation to the investment of the trust funds as may be to the best interests of the beneficiaries thereof. Such petition may be filed, and the hearing thereon had, by the judge of the court in vacation, as well as by the court in term time.