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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
To the extent there is no material 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 conservator or guardian may represent and bind the estate that the conservator or guardian controls;
(2) A conservator or guardian may represent and bind the ward if a conservator or guardian of the ward's estate has not been appointed;
(3) An agent having authority to act with respect to the particular question or dispute may represent and bind the principal;
(4) A trustee may represent and bind the beneficiaries of the trust;
(5) A personal representative of a decedent's estate may represent and bind persons interested in the estate;
(6) A parent may represent and bind the person's minor or unborn child if a conservator or guardian for the descendant has not been appointed;
(7) A grandparent may represent the grandparent's grandchild if that grandchild is not already represented by a parent under paragraph (6);
(8) A person designated by the settlor either in the trust instrument or in a writing delivered to the trustee, or designated in a writing delivered to the trustee by a trust protector or trust advisor with power under the terms of the trust instrument to represent the beneficiaries of the trust, may represent and bind the beneficiaries; and
(9) Any person acting in a fiduciary capacity shall exercise all rights and powers granted to a fiduciary under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Acts created under Chapter 23, Title 91.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 91. Trusts and Estates § 91-8-303 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-91-trusts-and-estates/ms-code-sect-91-8-303/
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