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72-39-214. Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary

72-39-214. Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary. An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first-trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless: (1) the person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed record and the modification applies only to the person; […]

72-39-215. Tax-related limitations

72-39-215. Tax-related limitations. (1) In this section: (a) ”Grantor trust” means a trust as to which a settlor of a first trust is considered the owner under 26 U.S.C. 671 through 677, as amended, or 26 U.S.C. 679, as amended. (b) ”Internal Revenue Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (c) ”Nongrantor trust” means […]

72-39-216. Duration of second trust

72-39-216. Duration of second trust. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a second trust may have a duration that is the same as or different from the duration of the first trust. (2) To the extent that property of a second trust is attributable to property of the first trust, the property of the second trust is subject […]

72-39-217. Need to distribute not required

72-39-217. Need to distribute not required. An authorized fiduciary may exercise the decanting power whether or not under the first trust’s discretionary distribution standard the fiduciary would have made or could have been compelled to make a discretionary distribution of principal at the time of the exercise. History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 177, L. 2021.

72-39-218. Saving provision

72-39-218. Saving provision. (1) If exercise of the decanting power would be effective under this chapter except that the second-trust instrument in part does not comply with this chapter, the exercise of the power is effective and the following rules apply with respect to the principal of the second trust attributable to the exercise of the […]

72-39-219. Trust for care of animal

72-39-219. Trust for care of animal. (1) In this section: (a) ”Animal trust” means a trust or an interest in a trust created to provide for the care of one or more animals. (b) ”Protector” means a person appointed in an animal trust to enforce the trust on behalf of the animal or, if no such person is […]

72-39-204. Representation

72-39-204. Representation. (1) Notice to a person with authority to represent and bind another person under a first-trust instrument or Title 72, chapter 38, part 3, has the same effect as notice given directly to the person represented. (2) Consent of or waiver by a person with authority to represent and bind another person under a first-trust […]

72-39-205. Court involvement

72-39-205. Court involvement. (1) On application of an authorized fiduciary, a person entitled to notice under 72-39-203(3), a beneficiary, or with respect to a charitable interest the attorney general or other person that has standing to enforce the charitable interest, the court may: (a) provide instructions to the authorized fiduciary regarding whether a proposed exercise of the […]

72-39-206. Formalities

72-39-206. Formalities. An exercise of the decanting power must be made in a record signed by an authorized fiduciary. The signed record must, directly or by reference to the notice required by 72-39-203, identify the first trust and the second trust or trusts and state the property of the first trust being distributed to each second […]

72-39-207. Decanting power under expanded distributive discretion

72-39-207. Decanting power under expanded distributive discretion. (1) In this section: (a) ”Noncontingent right” means a right that is not subject to the exercise of discretion or the occurrence of a specified event that is not certain to occur. The term does not include a right held by a beneficiary if any person has discretion to distribute […]