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W. Va. Code § 55-13-4

Declaration concerning trusts and estates

Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act

The act spans §§ 55–55 (16 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 222 W. Va. 535 - Dantzic v. Dantzic (2008)

Most recently applied in 222 W. Va. 535 - Dantzic v. Dantzic (June 2008)

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.

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