Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect, and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.
Idaho Code § 10-1201
Declaratory judgments authorized — Form and effect
Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act
The act spans §§ 10–10 (17 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Sierra Life Insurance v. Granata (1978)
Most recently applied in Vouk v. Chapman (December 2022)
1933, ch. 70, § 1, p. 113.
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