(1)  By accepting appointment as a trust director of a trust subject to this chapter, the director submits to personal jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter related to a power or duty of the director.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-12-115

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 75-12-102
  • Trust director: means a person that is granted a power of direction by the terms of a trust to the extent the power is exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee, regardless of whether:
(a) the terms of the trust refer to the person as a trust director; or
(b) the person is a beneficiary or settlor of the trust. See Utah Code 75-12-102
(2)  This section does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trust director.

Enacted by Chapter 153, 2019 General Session

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