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Ala. Code § 19-3B-402

Requirements for Creation.

Known as the Alabama Uniform Trust Code

The act spans §§ 19–19 (108 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Welch v. Crow (2009)

Most recently applied in Welch v. Crow (March 2009)

(Act 2006-216, p. 314, §1.)

(a) A trust is created only if:

(1) the settlor has capacity to create a trust;

(2) the settlor indicates an intention to create the trust;

(3) the trust has a definite beneficiary or is:

(A) a charitable trust;

(B) a trust for the care of an animal, as provided in Section 19-3B-408; or

(C) a trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided in Section 19-3B-409;

(4) the trustee has duties to perform; and

(5) the same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.

(b) A beneficiary is definite if the beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to any applicable rule against perpetuities.

(c) A power in a trustee to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, then the power fails and the property subject to the power passes to the persons who would have taken the property had the power not been conferred.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.