In connection with trust matters, to the extent there is no conflict of interest between the representative and the person represented or among those being represented with respect to a particular question or dispute: (1) A court-appointed conservator or guardian of the estate may represent and bind the estate that the conservator or guardian controls; (2) a court-appointed conservator or guardian of the person may represent and bind the ward or conserved person if a conservator or guardian of the ward's estate or conserved person's estate has not been appointed; (3) an agent having authority to do so may represent and bind the principal; (4) a trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust; (5) an executor or administrator of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate; and (6) if a conservator or guardian has not been appointed, a parent may represent and bind the parent's minor or unborn child.
(P.A. 01-69, S. 3; P.A. 07-116, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 07-116 added references to conserved persons in Subdiv. (2).