Proper Venue (Jurisdiction) for Proceedings Against a Foreign Trust

By: David M. Garten, Esq.

Article: Proper Venue (Jurisdiction) for Proceedings Against a Foreign Trust 

Sec.736.0205, Fla. Stat. reads:

736.0205 Trust proceedings; dismissal of matters relating to foreign trusts.--Over the objection of a party, the court shall not entertain proceedings under s. 736.0201 for a trust registered, or having its principal place of administration, in another state unless all interested parties could not be bound by litigation in the courts of the state where the trust is registered or has its principal place of administration. The court may condition a stay or dismissal of a proceeding under this section on the consent of any party to jurisdiction of the state where the trust is registered or has its principal place of business, or the court may grant a continuance or enter any other appropriate order.