Nebraska Statutes 25-21,152. Fiduciary or interested person; action to declare rights
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 the estate of a decedent, an infant, person with a mental disorder, or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relation in respect thereto:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 25-21,152
- 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.
- Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(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.
Source
- Laws 1929, c. 75, § 4, p. 257;
- C.S.1929, § 20-21,143;
- R.S.1943, § 25-21,152;
- Laws 1986, LB 1177, § 6.