Opinion ID: 2049295
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: regarding the procedural question.

Text: The trust with which we are concerned here was established under a will admitted to probate in Oakland County. Although a subsequent action involving this trust was instituted in Wayne County, such action did not vest jurisdiction to the Wayne court to the exclusion of jurisdiction in the Oakland courts. On the contrary, the express language of the Wayne decree contemplates other courts of competent jurisdiction acting pursuant to it. There is no reason in comity or otherwise why the Oakland courts should not have acted on this petition. It was required by and was fully in contemplation of the Wayne decree. Because the order of the Oakland County Probate Court was not based upon a demonstration of compliance with the intent of the testator as herein discussed, such order and the orders of the Oakland Circuit Court and the Court of Appeals affirming such order are set aside. The matter is remanded to the Oakland Probate Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. The defendants may tax costs.