West Virginia § 55-13-4 Declaration concerning trusts and estates

West Virginia Statutes

§ 55-13-4 — Declaration concerning trusts and estates

West Virginia § 55-13-4

Ch. 55ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE

Art. 13UNIFORM DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS ACT

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W. Va. Code § 55-13-4 (2026).

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Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian 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, an infant, lunatic or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto:

(a)To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others; or

(b)To direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

(c)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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Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian 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, an infant, lunatic or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto:

(a) To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others; or

(b) To direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

(c) To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.