Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 10-1204 (2026)

Representatives and persons beneficially interested — Right to declaration.

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Representatives and persons beneficially interested — Right to declaration.

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 with a mental disability or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto;

(a) To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or other; or

(b) To direct the executors, administrators or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1963–1973 · leading case: Sawyer v. Huff, 386 P.2d 563 (Idaho 1963).

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Sawyer v. Huff, 386 P.2d 563 (Idaho 1963). · cites it 2× “The district court had before it the necessary parties and the will itself; it is a court of general jurisdiction (Idaho Const.”

In Re Eggan's Est., 386 P.2d 563 (Idaho 1963). · cites it 2× “The district court had before it the necessary parties and the will itself; it is a court of general jurisdiction (Idaho Const.”

Dolan v. Johnson, 509 P.2d 1306 (Idaho 1973). · cites it 2× “Appellants had filed a complaint pursuant to I.C. § 10-1204, 1 in September of 1970. There was no claim that the disputed will or the two codicils executed in relation to it were made while Ethel Whittenberger was incompetent, under undue influence, fraud or duress.”

— Idaho Code § 10-1204(c) — 2 cases

Sawyer v. Huff, 386 P.2d 563 (Idaho 1963). “The district court had before it the necessary parties and the will itself; it is a court of general jurisdiction (Idaho Const.”

In Re Eggan's Est., 386 P.2d 563 (Idaho 1963). “The district court had before it the necessary parties and the will itself; it is a court of general jurisdiction (Idaho Const.”

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