2.__Beneficiaries; recipients.__With respect to their interests in the trust, the beneficiaries of a trust having its principal place of administration in this State are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State regarding any matter involving the trust.__By accepting a distribution from such a trust, the recipient submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State regarding any matter involving the trust.

3.__Not exclusive.__This section does not preclude other methods of obtaining jurisdiction over a trustee, beneficiary or other person receiving property from the trust.

§203.__Subject matter jurisdiction

1.__Concurrent jurisdiction.__The Probate Court and the Superior Court have concurrent jurisdiction of all proceedings in this State involving a trust.

2.__Alternative dispute resolution not precluded.__This section does not preclude judicial or nonjudicial alternative dispute resolution.

§204. Venue

1.__Trust.__Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, venue for a judicial proceeding involving a trust is in the county of this State in which the trust's principal place of administration is or will be located and, if the trust is created by will and the estate is not yet closed, in the county in which the decedent's estate is being administered.

2.__Appointment of trustee.__If a trust has no trustee, venue for a judicial proceeding for the appointment of a trustee is in a county of this State in which a beneficiary resides, in a county in which any trust property is located and, if the trust is created by will, in the county in which the decedent's estate was or is being administered.

CHAPTER 3

REPRESENTATION

§301. Representation; basic effect

1.__Notice.__Notice to a person who may represent and bind another person under this chapter has the same effect as if notice were given directly to the other person.