1.  In any court proceeding relating to a trust or estate, the family trust company, licensed family trust company, other fiduciary of the trust, settlor or any beneficiary, may petition the court to order the following trust documents to be sealed:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 669A.256

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

(a) Any trust instruments;

(b) Any inventories;

(c) Any accounts;

(d) Any statements filed by a fiduciary;

(e) Any annual reports of a fiduciary;

(f) Any final reports of a fiduciary;

(g) All petitions, exhibits, objections, pleadings and motions relevant to the trust or its administration; and

(h) All court orders.

2.  Any documents sealed by a court pursuant to subsection 1 may not be made part of the public record but are available to the court, any fiduciary of the trust, the beneficiaries or settlor of the trust or their attorneys, and to other interested parties as the court may order upon a showing of good cause.

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