19-3B-108
Section 19-3B-108 Principal place of administration. (a) Without precluding other means for establishing a sufficient connection with the designated jurisdiction, terms of a trust designating the principal place of administration are valid and controlling if: (1) a trustee's principal place of business is located in or a trustee is a resident of the designated jurisdiction; or (2) all or part of the administration occurs in the designated jurisdiction. (b) A trustee shall administer the trust at a place appropriate to its purposes, its administration, and the interests of the beneficiaries; provided, however, a trustee shall not be required to transfer the trust's principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside of the United States. (c) Without precluding the right of the court to order, approve, or disapprove a transfer, the trustee may transfer the trust's principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside of the United...
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19-3B-902
Section 19-3B-902 Standard of care; portfolio strategy; risk and return objectives. (a) A trustee shall invest and manage trust assets as a prudent investor would, by considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust. In satisfying this standard, the trustee shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution. (b) A trustee's investment and management decisions respecting individual assets must be evaluated not in isolation but in the context of the trust portfolio as a whole and as a part of an overall investment strategy having risk and return objectives reasonably suited to the trust. (c) Among circumstances that a trustee may consider in investing and managing trust assets are such of the following as are relevant to the trust or its beneficiaries: (1) general economic conditions; (2) the possible effect of inflation or deflation; (3) the expected tax consequences of investment decisions or strategies; (4) the role that each investment...
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35-4A-5
Section 35-4A-5 Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities. Section 35-4A-2, the statutory rule against perpetuities, does not apply to: (1) a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of a nondonative transfer, except a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of (i) a premarital or postmarital agreement, (ii) a separation or divorce settlement, (iii) a spouse's election, (iv) a similar arrangement arising out of a prospective, existing, or previous marital relationship between the parties, (v) a contract to make or not to revoke a will or trust, (vi) a contract to exercise or not to exercise a power of appointment, (vii) a transfer in satisfaction of a duty of support, or (viii) a reciprocal transfer; (2) a fiduciary's power relating to the administration or management of assets, including the power of a fiduciary to sell, lease, or mortgage property, and the power of a fiduciary to determine principal and income; (3) a power...
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19-3B-202
Section 19-3B-202 Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary. (a) A trustee submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving a trust: (1) by accepting the trusteeship of a trust whose settlor was a resident of this state at the time of the trust's creation, or in the case of testamentary trusts, the settlor was a resident of this state at death; (2) by accepting the trusteeship of a trust having its principal place of administration in this state; or (3) by moving the principal place of administration of the trust to this state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subsection (a)(1) shall not apply if the settlor designates the law of a jurisdiction other than this state to govern the trust. (b) With respect to their interests in the trust, the beneficiaries of a trust having its principal place of administration in this state are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter involving the trust. By accepting a...
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19-3B-502
Section 19-3B-502 Spendthrift provision. (a) A spendthrift provision is valid only if it restrains both voluntary and involuntary transfer of a beneficiary's interest. (b) A term of a trust providing that the interest of a beneficiary is held subject to a "spendthrift trust," or words of similar import, is sufficient to restrain both voluntary and involuntary transfer of the beneficiary's interest. (c) A beneficiary may not transfer an interest in a trust in violation of a valid spendthrift provision and, except as otherwise provided in this article, a creditor or assignee of the beneficiary may not reach the interest or a distribution by the trustee before its receipt by the beneficiary. (Act 2006-216, p. 314, ยง1.)...
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19-3B-816
Section 19-3B-816 Specific powers of trustee. (a) Without limiting the authority conferred by Section 19-3B-815, a trustee may: (1) collect trust property and accept or reject additions to the trust property from a settlor or any other person, including, but not being limited to, the authority to receive, collect, hold, and retain common or preferred stock or other interests in the trustee or any related party; (2) acquire or sell property, for cash or on credit, at public or private sale; (3) exchange, partition, or otherwise change the character of trust property; (4) deposit trust money in an account in a regulated financial-service institution; (5) borrow money, with or without security, and mortgage or pledge trust property for a period within or extending beyond the duration of the trust; (6) with respect to an interest in a proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or other form of business or enterprise, continue the business or other...
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19-3B-201
Section 19-3B-201 Role of court in administration of trust. (a) The court may intervene in the administration of a trust to the extent its jurisdiction is invoked by an interested person or as provided by law. (b) A trust is not subject to continuing judicial supervision unless ordered by the court. (c) A judicial proceeding involving a trust may relate to any matter involving the trust's administration, including a request for instructions and an action to declare rights. (d) A judicial proceeding involving a trust may relate to any matter involving the trust's administration, including, but not being limited to a proceeding to: (1) request instructions; (2) determine the existence or nonexistence of any immunity, power, privilege, duty or right; (3) approve a nonjudicial settlement; (4) interpret or construe the terms of the trust; (5) determine the validity of a trust or of any of its terms; (6) approve a trustee's report or accounting or compel a trustee to report or account; (7)...
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19-3A-105
Section 19-3A-105 Express unitrusts. Except to the extent otherwise provided in the governing instrument, the following provisions shall apply to a trust which by its governing instrument requires distribution of a unitrust amount (whether payable in a single sum or in installments), such trust to be referred to as an "express unitrust": (1) The income and net income of an express unitrust is the unitrust amount, but only if the unitrust amount is not less than three percent and not more than five percent of the net fair market value of the trust assets. If the unitrust amount is more than five percent of the net fair market value of the trust assets, the income and net income shall be five percent of the net fair market value of the trust assets, and the excess over five percent shall be considered to be principal of the trust. (2) Expenses which would be deducted from income if the trust were not an express unitrust shall not be deducted from the unitrust amount. (3) The trustee,...
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19-3B-1304
Section 19-3B-1304 Trusts for employees or self-employed persons. (a) A trust of real or personal property or real and personal property combined: (1) which is created by an employer as part of a stock bonus plan, pension plan, disability or death benefit plan, or profit-sharing plan, for the exclusive benefit of some or all his or her employees, to which contributions are made by such employer or employees, or both, for the purpose of distribution to such employees the earnings of the principal, or both earnings and principal of the fund so held in trust; or (2) which is created by a self-employed person or group of self-employed persons and: a. which is part of a retirement, disability, or death benefit plan for such self-employed person or persons; and b. contributions to which are deductible, in whole or in part, from gross income for federal income tax purposes under the internal revenue laws of the United States; or (3) which is created for the collective investment of the funds...
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19-3B-802
Section 19-3B-802 Duty of loyalty. (a) A trustee shall administer the trust solely in the interests of the beneficiaries. (b) Subject to the rights of persons dealing with or assisting the trustee as provided in Section 19-3B-1012, a sale, encumbrance, or other transaction involving the investment or management of trust property entered into by the trustee for the trustee's own personal account or which is otherwise affected by a conflict between the trustee's fiduciary and personal interests is voidable by a beneficiary affected by the transaction unless: (1) the transaction was authorized by the terms of the trust; (2) the transaction was approved by the court; (3) the beneficiary did not commence a judicial proceeding within the time allowed by Section 19-3B-1005; (4) the beneficiary consented to the trustee's conduct, ratified the transaction, or released the trustee in compliance with Section 19-3B-1009; or (5) the transaction involves a contract entered into or claim acquired by...
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