456.2-204. Venue.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Venue.

456.2-204. 1. Venue for judicial proceedings involving trustadministration shall be:

(1) For a trust then registered in this state, in the probatedivision of the circuit court where the trust is registered; or

(2) For a trust not then registered in this state, in the probatedivision of the circuit court where the trust could properly be registered;or

(3) For a trust not then registered in this state and which cannotproperly be registered in this state, in accordance with the rules of civilprocedure.

2. Where a judicial proceeding under this chapter could be maintainedin more than one place in this state, the court in which the proceeding isfirst commenced has the exclusive right to proceed.

3. If proceedings concerning the same trust are commenced in morethan one court of this state, the court in which the proceeding was firstcommenced shall continue to hear the matter, and the other courts shallhold the matter in abeyance until the question of venue is decided, and ifthe court in which the proceeding was first commenced determines that venueis properly in another court, it shall transfer the proceeding to the othercourt.

4. If a court finds that in the interest of justice a proceeding or afile should be located in another court of this state, the court making thefinding may transfer the proceeding or file to the other court.