Tennessee § 29-14-105 - Fiduciary powers and duties.

§ 29-14-105. Fiduciary powers and duties.

Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, conservator 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, person adjudicated incompetent, or insolvent may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto to: Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others; Direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings. Acts 1923, ch. 29, § 4; Shan. Supp., § 4726a4; Code 1932, § 8838; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1105; Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 21. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 107 provided that nothing in the legislation shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the eligibility for services or the rights or responsibilities of individuals covered by the provision on the day before the date of enactment of this legislation, which was July 1, 2011. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 108 provided that the provisions of the act are declared to be remedial in nature and all provisions of the act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 548. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 385, 696. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 4-1508. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 12 Tenn. Juris., Executors and Administrators, § 50. Attorney General Opinions. Surplus campaign funds of deceased candidate for state or local office, OAG 99-118 (5/14/99).