43-8-1
Section 43-8-1 General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in the subsequent articles which are applicable to specific articles or divisions, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BENEFICIARY. As it relates to trust beneficiaries, includes a person who has any present or future interest, vested or contingent, and also includes the owner of an interest by assignment or other transfer and as it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust. (2) CHILD. Includes any individual entitled to take as a child under this chapter by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes any person who is only a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant. (3) COURT. The court having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. This court in Alabama is known as the probate court. (4) DAYS. That...
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19-3B-505
Section 19-3B-505 Creditor's claim against settlor. (a) Whether or not the terms of a trust contain a spendthrift provision, the following rules apply: (1) During the lifetime of the settlor, the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors. (2) With respect to an irrevocable trust, a creditor or assignee of the settlor may reach the maximum amount that can be distributed to or for the settlor's benefit. If a trust has more than one settlor, then the amount the creditor or assignee of a particular settlor may reach may not exceed the settlor's interest in the portion of the trust attributable to that settlor's contribution. (3) After the death of a settlor, and subject to the settlor's right to direct the source from which liabilities will be paid, the property of a trust that was revocable immediately prior to the settlor's death is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors, costs of administration of the settlor's estate, the expenses of the...
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26-2A-152
Section 26-2A-152 Powers of conservator in administration. (a) Subject to limitation provided in Section 26-2A-154, a conservator shall have all of the powers conferred in this section and any additional powers now or hereafter conferred by law on trustees in this state. In addition, a conservator of the estate of an unmarried minor as to whom no one has parental rights, has the powers of a guardian of a minor described in Section 26-2A-78 until the minor attains the age of 19 years, or the disabilities of nonage have been removed, but the parental rights so conferred on a conservator do not preclude appointment of a guardian as provided in Division 1 of this article. (b) A conservator without court authorization or confirmation may invest and reinvest funds of the estate as would a trustee. (c) A conservator, acting as a fiduciary in efforts to accomplish the purpose of the appointment, may act without court authorization or confirmation, to (1) Collect, hold, and retain assets of the...
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10A-1-1.03
Section 10A-1-1.03 Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms mean: (1) AFFILIATE. A person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. An affiliate of an individual includes the spouse, or a parent or sibling thereof, of the individual, or a child, grandchild, sibling, parent, or spouse of any thereof, of the individual, or an individual having the same home as the individual, or a trust or estate of which an individual specified in this sentence is a substantial beneficiary; a trust, estate, incompetent, conservatee, protected person, or minor of which the individual is a fiduciary; or an entity of which the individual is director, general partner, agent, employee or the governing authority or member of the governing authority. (2) ASSOCIATE. When used to indicate a relationship with: (A) a domestic or foreign entity for which the person is: (i) an officer or governing person; or (ii) a beneficial...
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19-5-7
Section 19-5-7 Allocation of distributions from separate trusts. Distributions provided for by the governing instrument, whether the original trust is divided into separate trusts under the provisions of Section 19-5-3, 19-5-5 or 19-5-6 hereof or the trusts are retained as separate trusts under the provisions of Section 19-5-4 or 19-5-5 hereof, may be made from either or both separate trusts in the absolute and uncontrolled discretion of the fiduciary; provided, however, in determining the total distributions, neither the division of a trust nor the retention as separate trusts shall result in the receipt by any beneficiary of a greater proportion of the total distributions than the beneficiary would have received if the trust or estate had not been so divided or retained separately. (Acts 1988, No. 88-340, p. 516, ยง7.)...
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27-5B-7
Section 27-5B-7 Reinsurer maintaining a trust fund. (a) Credit shall be allowed when the reinsurance is ceded to an assuming insurer that maintains a trust fund in a qualified U.S. financial institution, as defined in subsection (b) of Section 27-5B-15, for the payment of the valid claims of its U.S. ceding insurers, their assigns and successors in interest. To enable the commissioner to determine the sufficiency of the trust fund, the assuming insurer shall report annually to the commissioner information substantially the same as that required to be reported on the NAIC Annual Statement form by licensed insurers. The assuming insurer shall submit to examination of its books and records by the commissioner and bear the expense of examination. (b)(1) Credit for reinsurance shall not be granted under this section unless the form of the trust and any amendments to the trust have been approved by either: a. The commissioner of the state where the trust is domiciled. b. The commissioner of...
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35-5A-13
Section 35-5A-13 Powers and duties of custodian as to custodial property generally. (a) A custodian shall: (1) Take control of custodial property; (2) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and (3) Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property. (b) In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries. If a custodian has a special skill or expertise or is named custodian on the basis of representations of a special skill or expertise, the custodian shall use that skill or expertise. However, a custodian, in the custodian's discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor's estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor. (c) A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on (1) the life of the minor...
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19-3D-2
Section 19-3D-2 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter the following terms have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTIVE PROPERTY. The property or property interest subject to a power of appointment. (2) ASCERTAINABLE STANDARD. A standard relating to an individual's health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. Section 2041(b)(1)(A), as amended, or 26 U.S.C. Section 2514(c)(1), as amended, and any applicable regulations. (3) AUTHORIZED FIDUCIARY. (A) A trustee or other fiduciary, other than a settlor, that has the discretion to distribute or direct a trustee to distribute part or all of the principal of the first trust to one or more current beneficiaries; (B) a special fiduciary appointed under Section 19-3D-9; or (C) a special-needs fiduciary under Section 19-3D-13. (4) BENEFICIARY. A person that: (A) has a present or...
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36-36-3
Section 36-36-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings: (1) ALABAMA RETIRED EDUCATION EMPLOYEES' HEALTH CARE TRUST. The Alabama Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust created by the state and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board pursuant to this chapter. (2) ALABAMA RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEES' HEALTH CARE TRUST. The Alabama Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust created by the state and the State Employees' Insurance Board pursuant to this chapter. (3) BOARDS. The State Employees' Insurance Board and the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board. (4) DEPENDENTS. The spouse and dependent children, as defined by the rules and regulations of the respective boards, of a retired employee who are covered by either the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Chapter 25A of Title 16, as amended from time to time, or the State Employees' Health Insurance Plan...
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5-11A-5
Section 5-11A-5 Deposit of security for operation of trust business - Amount required and form; charges against deposit. Any corporation organized and operating as a trust company or as a bank authorized by law to do a trust business may deposit with the State Treasurer or elsewhere United States bonds, bonds, notes or debentures of any federal agency such as a federal land bank, banks for cooperatives, Farm Home Administration, Federal National Mortgage Association, etc., Alabama bonds, bonds of any city or county in the State of Alabama or mortgages which are first liens on real estate, worth in each case double the face of the mortgage, situated in this state, to an amount not less than $25,000.00, and may increase said deposit from time to time or reduce the same to an amount not less than $25,000.00, or may withdraw the deposit entirely, provided such trust companies or banks have made final settlement and accounted for all assets in their possession and under their control by...
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