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§ 46A-2-204 NMSA 1978

Venue

Laws 2007, ch. 128, § 8.

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, venue for a judicial proceeding involving a trust is in the county of New Mexico in which the trust's principal place of administration is or will be located or, if the trust is created by will and the estate is not yet closed, in the county in which the decedent's estate is being administered.

B. If a trust has no trustee, venue for a judicial proceeding for the appointment of a trustee is in a county of New Mexico in which a beneficiary resides, in a county in which any trust property is located or, if the trust is created by will, in the county in which the decedent's estate was or is being administered.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.