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:

(1) Ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-14-105

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) Direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or
(3) Determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
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