(Disclosure of Information Concerning Beneficiaries)

1. (a) Any person may petition the court for disclosure of information concerning beneficiaries or the trust estate. The court may order the disclosure of all or any part of the information requested in the petition only after the petitioner has shown both a reasonable need for it and that the trustee has either refused or neglected to provide the information on written request delivered to the trustee.

2. (b) The court shall, upon petition, order the disclosure of the identity of the beneficiaries or their agents, if any, and any other information concerning the trust, in any case in which:

   1. (1) in a trust of real estate, there is a violation of a state law or an ordinance or resolution of a political subdivision relating to the structure or condition of buildings, or the health and safety of occupants of or visitors to buildings; or

   2. (2) there has been or may be a deed, sale, lease, purchase, mortgage, assignment or similar transfer of any interest in trust property to or from any unit of state or local government or agency or official thereof;

      and the trustee has refused to disclose the identities of the beneficiaries within a reasonable time after written demand.

      Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.416, SEC.5.