Utah Code § 75-1-302

Subject matter jurisdiction

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Matter of Estate of McLaughlin (1988)

Most recently applied in 2017 UT App 231 - Torgerson v. Talbot (December 2017)

Enacted by Chapter 150, 1975 General Session

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(1) To the full extent permitted by the Constitution of Utah, the court has jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to:

(a) estates of decedents, including construction of wills and determination of heirs and successors of decedents, and estates of protected persons;

(b) protection of minors and incapacitated persons; and

(2) The court has full power to make orders, judgments, and decrees and take all other action necessary and proper to administer justice in the matters which come before it.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.