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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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19-3A-104
Section 19-3A-104 Trustee's power to adjust. (a) If the terms of the trust expressly provide
by specific reference to this section, then a trustee may have the power to adjust between
principal and income to the extent the trustee considers necessary if (1) the trustee invests
and manages trust assets as a prudent investor; (2) the terms of the trust describe the amount
that may or must be distributed to a beneficiary by referring to the trust's income, and (3)
the trustee determines, after applying the rules in Section 19-3A-103(a), that the trustee
is unable to comply with Section 19-3A-103(b). (b) In deciding whether and to what extent
to exercise the power conferred by subsection (a), a trustee shall consider all factors relevant
to the trust and its beneficiaries, including, but not limited to: (1) The nature, purpose,
and expected duration of the trust; (2) The intent of the settlor; (3) The identity and circumstances
of the beneficiaries; (4) The needs for liquidity for the...
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19-3A-106
Section 19-3A-106 Conversion to unitrust. (a) Unless expressly prohibited by the governing
instrument, a trustee may convert a trust into a unitrust as described in this section if
all of the following apply: (1) The trustee has concluded that the conversion will enable
the trustee to better carry out the intent of the settlor or testator and the purposes of
the trust. (2) The trustee gives written notice of the trustee's intention to convert the
trust into a unitrust, including the trustee's initial decisions as set forth below, to all
the qualified beneficiaries. The written notice shall include the following: a. An explanation
of how the unitrust will operate; b. The effective date of the conversion to a unitrust; c.
The unitrust percentage to be used; d. The provisions for prorating a unitrust distribution
for a short year in which a beneficiary's right to payments commences or ceases; e. Whether
the net fair market value of the trust assets will be determined annually or averaged...
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43-8-7
Section 43-8-7 Effect of acts by holder of general power of appointment, etc., on beneficiaries.
For the purpose of granting consent or approval with regard to the acts or accounts of a personal
representative or trustee, including relief from liability or penalty for failure to post
bond, or to perform other duties, and for purposes of consenting to modification or termination
of a trust or to deviation from its terms, the sole holder or all co-holders of a presently
exercisable general power of appointment, including one in the form of a power of amendment
or revocation, are deemed to act for beneficiaries to the extent their interests (as objects,
takers in default, or otherwise) are subject to the power. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, ยง1-108.)...
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19-3B-1010
Section 19-3B-1010 Limitation on personal liability of trustee. (a) Except as otherwise provided
in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in
the trustee's fiduciary capacity in the course of administering the trust if the trustee in
the contract disclosed the fiduciary capacity. (b) A trustee is personally liable for torts
committed in the course of administering a trust, or for obligations arising from ownership
or control of trust property, including liability for violation of environmental law, but
only if the trustee, the trustee's employee, or the trustee's agent is personally at fault.
(c) A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity,
on an obligation arising from ownership or control of trust property, or on a tort committed
in the course of administering a trust, may be asserted in a judicial proceeding against the
trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee...
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26-1A-217
Section 26-1A-217 Gifts. (a) In this section, a gift "for the benefit of" a person
includes a gift to a trust, an account under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, and a tuition
savings account or prepaid tuition plan as defined under Internal Revenue Code Section 529,
26 U.S.C. Section 529, as amended. (b) Unless the power of attorney otherwise expressly provides,
language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to gifts authorizes
the agent only to: (1) make outright to, or for the benefit of, a person including the agent,
a gift of any of the principal's property, including by the exercise of a presently exercisable
general power of appointment held by the principal, in an amount per donee not to exceed the
annual dollar limits of the federal gift tax exclusion under Internal Revenue Code Section
2503(b), 26 U.S.C. Section 2503(b), as amended, without regard to whether the federal gift
tax exclusion applies to the gift, or if the principal's spouse agrees to...
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27-41-29
Section 27-41-29 Particular investments - Bonds, etc., secured by mortgages or deeds of trust
on real property, etc., generally. An insurer may invest in: (1) Bonds, notes, or other evidences
of indebtedness which are secured by a first mortgage lien or deed of trust upon unencumbered
improved real property located in the United States or Canada, including leasehold estates
in such real estate having an unexpired term (inclusive of the term or terms which may be
provided by options of renewal) of not less than 10 years beyond the final maturity of the
loan. Unless guaranteed or insured by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development, or by a mortgage guaranty insurance policy issued by an
insurance company licensed and authorized to do business by and in the State of Alabama, no
such mortgage loan or loans when made shall exceed 75 percent of the fair value of the real
estate or leasehold, except that loans made on single family dwellings shall...
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23-7-20
Section 23-7-20 Securing of bonds - Trust indenture. (a) Bonds may be secured by a trust indenture
between the bank and a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer or any bank having
trust powers or any trust company doing business in this state. A trust indenture may contain
provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders which are
reasonable and proper, including covenants setting forth the duties of the bank in relation
to the exercise of its powers and the custody, safekeeping, and application of its money.
The bank may provide by the trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and
all or any part of the revenues of the bank to the trustee under the trust indenture or to
some other depository, and for the method of its disbursement with safeguards and restrictions
prescribed by it. All expenses incurred in performing the obligations of the bank under the
trust indenture may be treated as part of its operating expenses....
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19-3-11
Section 19-3-11 Powers of fiduciaries regarding environmental laws affecting property held
by fiduciary. (a) In addition to powers, remedies and rights which may be set forth in any
will, trust agreement or other document which is the source of authority, a trustee, executor,
administrator, guardian, or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity, whether an individual,
corporation or other entity ("fiduciary") shall have the following powers, rights
and remedies whether or not set forth in the will, trust agreement or other document which
is the source of authority: (1) To inspect, investigate or cause to be inspected and investigated,
property held by the fiduciary, including interests in sole proprietorships, partnerships,
or corporations and any assets owned by any such business enterprise, for the purpose of determining
compliance with environmental law affecting such property and to respond to any actual or
potential violation of any environmental law affecting property held by...
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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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