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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-B, § 413

Cy pres

PL 2003, c. 618, §A1 (NEW)

1. Charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve or wasteful. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a particular charitable purpose of a trust becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve or wasteful:

A. The trust does not fail, in whole or in part;

B. The trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor's successors in interest; and

C. The court may apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust by directing that the trust property be applied or distributed, in whole or in part, in a manner consistent with the settlor's charitable purposes.

2. Noncharitable beneficiary. A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that would result in distribution of the trust property to a noncharitable beneficiary prevails over the power of the court under subsection 1 to apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect:

A. The trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living; or

B. Fewer than 50 years have elapsed since the date of the trust's creation.

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