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Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-413

Cy pres

Known as the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code

The act spans §§ 35–35 (113 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (Museum) v. Fisk University (2009)

Most recently applied in Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (Museum) v. Fisk University (July 2009)

Acts 2004, ch. 537, § 35; 2013, ch. 390, §§ 13, 14.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, obsolete or ineffective: The trust does not fail, in whole or in part;

(2) The trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor’s successors in interest; and

(3) 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 that fulfills as nearly as possible the settlor’s charitable intent and purposes.

(4) 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 (a) to apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect: The trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living; or

(5) Fewer than twenty-one (21) years have elapsed since the date of the trust’s creation.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.