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Section 45-7-508 – General duties of custodial trustee.

A. If appropriate, a custodial trustee shall register or record the instrument vesting title to custodial trust property. B. If the beneficiary is not incapacitated, a custodial trustee shall follow the directions of the beneficiary in the management, control, investment or retention of the custodial trust property. In the absence of effective contrary direction by […]

Section 45-7-509 – General powers of custodial trustee.

A. A custodial trustee, acting in a fiduciary capacity, has all the rights and powers over custodial trust property that an unmarried adult owner has over individually owned property, but a custodial trustee may exercise those rights and powers in a fudiciary [fiduciary] capacity only. B. This section does not relieve a custodial trustee from […]