Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 5956 – Rights of executor, fiduciaries and other interested persons
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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, a person who is legally incompetent or a person who is insolvent may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto: [PL 2009, c. 299, Pt. A, §2 (AMD).]
1. Ascertain class of creditors, heirs, etc. To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others; or
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 5956
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Infant: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
2. Direct fiduciary to do or not to do certain act. To direct the executors, administrators or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or
3. Determine questions. To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 299, Pt. A, §2 (AMD).