RULE 4:87. Actions For The Settlement Of Accounts 4:87-1. Procedure

RULE 4:87. Actions For The Settlement Of Accounts

4:87-1. Procedure

a) Actions to settle the accounts of executors, administrators, testamentary trustees,

non-testamentary trustees, guardians and assignees for the benefit of creditors shall be

brought in the county where such fiduciaries received their appointment. The action shall

be commenced by the filing of a complaint in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, and

upon issuance of an order to show cause pursuant to R. 4:83. A non-testamentary

trustee shall annex to the complaint a copy of the written instrument creating the trust

and stating its terms. The order to show cause shall state the amount of commissions

and attorney's fee, if any, which are applied for.

 (b) An action may be commenced by an interested person to compel a fiduciary referred

to in paragraph (a) of this rule to settle his or her account, and, in appropriate

circumstances, to file an inventory and appraisement.