Indiana § 34-14-1-4 - Declarations regarding trusts or estates
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 34-14-1-4 — Declarations regarding trusts or estates, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-14-1-4. Declarations regarding trusts or estates
Sec. 4. 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, a person under eighteen (18) years of age, or a mentally incompetent person may have a declaration of rights or legal relations:
(1) to ascertain any class of creditors, devisee, 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; or
(3) to determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-10-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.9.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34-14-1-4 ("Declarations regarding trusts or estates") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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