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§ 35-50-112. Impairment of Marital Deduction Prohibited

No executor, trustee or other fiduciary may take, or refuse to take, any action, or make or retain any investment, the result of which would defeat an otherwise available marital deduction under the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.), or under the laws of this state, if the obvious and expressed intent of the testator or […]

§ 35-50-114. Powers Exercisable by Majority — Liability

Unless it is otherwise provided by an instrument under which the fiduciaries are acting, or an amendment of the instrument, or by court order, any power vested in three (3) or more fiduciaries, other than the power to remove a fiduciary, may be exercised by a majority of those fiduciaries; but no fiduciary who has […]

§ 35-50-120. Blind Trust

A trust shall be considered a “blind trust” if the trust is created to benefit an individual, the individual’s spouse or any dependent child and is under the management and control of a trustee who is a bank or trust company authorized to exercise fiduciary powers, a licensed attorney or a broker who: Is independent […]

§ 35-50-121. Delayed Receipt of Trust Corpus

Any trust agreement or declaration of trust may be valid even if no corpus is delivered to the trustee at the time of execution of the instrument if the trustee has the right to receive corpus at a later time or times from the trustor, the trustor’s estate or other persons or sources.

§ 35-50-122. Generation-Skipping Tax — Definitions

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Generation-skipping tax” means the generation-skipping transfer tax imposed by chapter 13 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. §§  2601 et seq.); “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and successor provisions and codifications of that Code; “Trust” means any express trust, […]

§ 35-50-124. Limited Power of Trustee — Beneficiary — Application

Due to the potential conflict of interest that exists between a trustee who is a beneficiary and other beneficiaries of the trust, any power conferred upon a trustee, other than the settlor of a revocable or amendable trust: To make discretionary distributions of either principal or income to or for the benefit of the trustee, […]

§ 35-50-127. Release of Personal Health Information to Determine Capacity

Where it is necessary, under the terms of a trust to determine the mental or physical incapacity of a patient, a healthcare provider may release personal health information to a licensed physician or licensed attorney at law if the physician or attorney at law signs and furnishes the healthcare provider with an affidavit that the […]

§ 35-50-104. Purchase of Annuity Contract

In order to relieve estates and trusts of the burden of an annuity, the chancery court, on petition of one (1) or more of the beneficiaries in remainder in the estate or trust, or any portion of the estate or trust, is empowered, when not in terms prohibited by the will or trust instrument, to […]

§ 35-50-105. Fiduciaries May Effect Liability and Accident Insurance on Property

All guardians, executors, administrators and trustees are authorized to effect liability and accident insurance, in such amount as may be reasonable and proper, on any or all real or personal property under their management and control. Premiums paid on insurance effected according to subsection (a) shall be a proper charge against the estate under management […]