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760 ILCS 3/202 (2026)

Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary

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(760 ILCS 3/202)
    Sec. 202. Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary.
    (a) By accepting the trusteeship of a trust having its principal place of administration in this State or by moving the principal place of administration to this State, the trustee is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State regarding any matter involving the trust.
    (b) With respect to their interests in the trust, the beneficiaries of a trust having its principal place of administration in this State are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State regarding any matter involving the trust. By accepting a distribution from such a trust, the recipient personally submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State regarding any matter involving the trust.
    (c) Service of process upon any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, as provided in this Section, may be made by personally serving the summons upon the defendant outside this State, as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, with the same force and effect as though summons had been personally served within this State.
    (d) This Section does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trustee, beneficiary, or other person receiving property from the trust.
(Source: P.A. 101-48, eff. 1-1-20.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2021–2025 · leading case: Cori v. Schlafly, 2021 IL App (5th) 200246, 182 N.E.3d 776.
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Cori v. Schlafly, 2021 IL App (5th) 200246, 182 N.E.3d 776. “1 In discussing the circuit court’s personal jurisdiction over Roger in this case, both parties cite section 202 of the Illinois Trust Code (760 ILCS 3/202 (West Supp. 2019)), which provides that “[b]y accepting the trusteeship of a trust having its principal place of…”
Ropp v. Ropp, 2023 IL App (3d) 200227-U. “” See 760 ILCS 3/202(a) (West 2020). The removal of Raymond as trustee is a “matter involving the trust.”
Schlafly Cori v. Schlafly, 2021 IL App (5th) 200246. “1 The details of a proper analysis of these components of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant were stated by the Aasonn court as follows: 1 In discussing the circuit court’s personal jurisdiction over Roger in this case, both parties cite section 202 of the…”
Durgaprasad N. Rao v. Vanaja A. Sudhakar., 257 N.E.3d 901 (Mass. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 3× “760 ILCS 3/202(a). In determining the principal place of administration of the trust, we look to 760 ILCS 3/108(a).”
760 ILCS 3/202(a): 2 cases
Ropp v. Ropp, 2023 IL App (3d) 200227-U. “” See 760 ILCS 3/202(a) (West 2020). The removal of Raymond as trustee is a “matter involving the trust.”
Durgaprasad N. Rao v. Vanaja A. Sudhakar., 257 N.E.3d 901 (Mass. App. Ct. 2025). “760 ILCS 3/202(a). In determining the principal place of administration of the trust, we look to 760 ILCS 3/108(a).”
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