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42 Pa.C.S. § 7535

Rights of fiduciaries and other persons

Known as the Judicial Code

The act spans §§ 42–42 (972 sections).

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:

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

(2) To direct the executors, administrators, 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.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.