The trustee submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust if the trustee acts as trustee of a trust administered in this state.
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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-7-202
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: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2)
To the extent of the beneficial interests in a trust administered in this state, the beneficiaries of the trust are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust. By accepting a distribution from such a trust, the recipient submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust.
(3)
By accepting the delegation of a trust function from the trustee of a trust administered in this state, the agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust.
(4)
Unless otherwise designated in the trust instrument, a trust is administered in this state if it meets the requirements of Subsection 75-7-107(4).
