Rights of executor, fiduciaries and other interested persons

14 M.R.S. § 5956, under Chapter 707.

14 M.R.S. § 5956

Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian 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, a person who is legally incompetent or a person who is insolvent may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto: [PL 2009, c. 299, Pt. A, §2 (AMD).]

1. Ascertain class of creditors, heirs, etc. To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others; or

2. Direct fiduciary to do or not to do certain act. To direct the executors, administrators or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

3. Determine questions. To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.