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KRS 386B.4-020

Requirements for creation

Known as the Uniform Trust Code

The act spans §§ 386B.10-010 to 386B.9-010 (95 sections).

Effective: July 15, 2014 History: Created 2014 Ky

(1) A trust is created only if:

(a) The settlor has capacity to create a trust;

(b) The settlor indicates an intention to create the trust;

(c) The trust has a definite beneficiary or is:

1. A charitable trust;

2. A trust for the care of an animal under KRS 386B.4-080; or 3. A trust for a noncharitable purpose under KRS 386B.4-090;

(d) The trustee has duties to perform; and (e) The same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.

(2) 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, 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: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.