uniform trust code - Kansas Judicial Branch
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ARTICLE 2<br />
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS<br />
General Comment<br />
This article addresses selected issues involving judicial proceedings concerning <strong>trust</strong>s,<br />
particularly <strong>trust</strong>s with contacts in more than one State or country. This article is not intended to<br />
provide comprehensive coverage of court jurisdiction or procedure with respect to <strong>trust</strong>s. These<br />
issues are better addressed elsewhere, for example in the State’s rules of civil procedure or as<br />
provided by court rule.<br />
Section 201 makes clear that the jurisdiction of the court is available as invoked by interested<br />
persons or as otherwise provided by law. Proceedings involving the administration of a <strong>trust</strong><br />
normally will be brought in the court at the <strong>trust</strong>’s principal place of administration. Section 202<br />
provides that the <strong>trust</strong>ee and beneficiaries are deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the<br />
court at the principal place of administration as to any matter relating to the <strong>trust</strong>. Sections 203 and<br />
204 are optional, bracketed provisions relating to subject-matter jurisdiction and venue.<br />
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SECTION 201. ROLE OF COURT IN ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST.<br />
(a) The court may intervene in the administration of a <strong>trust</strong> to the extent its jurisdiction is<br />
invoked by an interested person or as provided by law.<br />
(b) A <strong>trust</strong> is not subject to continuing judicial supervision unless ordered by the court.<br />
(c) A judicial proceeding involving a <strong>trust</strong> may relate to any matter involving the <strong>trust</strong>’s<br />
administration, including a request for instructions and an action to declare rights an action for<br />
declaratory judgement pursuant to K.S.A. 60-1701 et seq.<br />
<strong>Kansas</strong> Comment<br />
Subsection (a) conforms to <strong>Kansas</strong> law. See Coolbaugh v. Gage, 182 Kan. 145, 150-51, 319<br />
P.2d 146 (1957) (court of equity always has the right to direct and control management of <strong>trust</strong><br />
estates; <strong>trust</strong>ee always entitled to obtain judicial construction of <strong>trust</strong> instrument and directions as<br />
to his conduct); K.S.A. 59-1607 (no expression of intent by testators or settlors shall affect the<br />
jurisdiction of the court over inventories and accounts of <strong>trust</strong>ees); K.S.A. 17-5004(a)(3) (nothing<br />
in prudent investor rule abrogates or restricts power of court to direct or permit <strong>trust</strong>ee to deviate<br />
from the terms of a <strong>trust</strong> or to take any action regarding investments); K.S.A 58-1205(a) (court has<br />
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