(a) For purposes of this section, 'interested persons' means persons whose consent would be required in order to achieve a binding settlement were the settlement to be approved by the court. (b) Interested persons may enter into a binding nonjudicial settlement agreement with respect to only the following trust matters: (1) the approval of a trustee's report or accounting; (2) direction to a trustee to perform or refrain from performing a particular administrative act or the grant to a trustee of any necessary or desirable administrative power; (3) the resignation or appointment of a trustee and the determination of a trustee's compensation; (4) transfer of a trust's principal place of administration; and (5) liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust. (c) Any interested person may request the court to approve a nonjudicial settlement agreement, to determine whether the representation as provided in Part 3 was adequate, and to determine whether the agreement contains terms and conditions the court could have properly approved. HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 66, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 100, Section 2, eff January 1, 2014.
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