West Virginia Code 44D-8A-815 – Jurisdiction over trust director
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(a) By accepting appointment as a trust director of a trust subject to this article, the director submits to personal jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter related to a power or duty of the director.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 44D-8A-815
- 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 a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- 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. See West Virginia Code 44D-8A-802
(b) § 44D-8A-815 of this code does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trust director.