2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 4 - Probate - Fiduciaries
CHAPTER 633A - IOWA TRUST CODE
633A.6202 - PETITIONS -- PURPOSES OF PROCEEDINGS.

        633A.6202  PETITIONS -- PURPOSES OF PROCEEDINGS.
         1.  Except as otherwise provided in section 633A.3103, a trustee
      or beneficiary of a trust may petition the court concerning the
      internal affairs of the trust or to determine the existence of the
      trust.
         2.  Proceedings concerning the internal affairs of a trust include
      proceedings to do any of the following:
         a.  Construe and determine the terms of a trust.
         b.  Determine the existence of any immunity, power, privilege,
      duty, or right.
         c.  Determine the validity of a trust provision.
         d.  Ascertain beneficiaries and determine to whom property
      shall pass or be delivered upon final or partial termination of the
      trust.
         e.  Settle accounts and pass upon the acts of the trustee,
      including the exercise of discretionary powers.
         f.  Instruct the trustee.
         g.  Compel the trustee to report information about the trust
      or account to the beneficiary.
         h.  Grant powers to or modify powers of the trustee.
         i.  Fix or allow payment of the trustee's compensation or
      review the reasonableness of the compensation.
         j.  Appoint or remove a trustee.
         k.  Accept the resignation of a trustee.
         l.  Compel redress of a breach of trust by any available
      remedy.
         m.  Approve or direct the modification or termination of the
      trust.
         n.  Approve or direct the combination or division of trusts.
         o.  Authorize or direct transfer of a trust or trust property
      to or from another jurisdiction.
         p.  Determine liability of a trust for debts or the expenses
      of administration of the estate of a deceased settlor.
         q.  Determine any other issue that will aid in the
      administration of the trust.  

         99 Acts, ch 125, §95, 109
         C2001, §633.6202
         2002 Acts, ch 1119, §191; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §54, 55
         CS2005, §633A.6202
         Referred to in § 633A.4106, 633A.4107, 633A.4601, 633A.6301