Except as required by a statute other than this title, a trust need not be evidenced by a trust instrument, but the creation of an oral trust and its terms may be established only by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence.
RCW 11.98.014
Trust creation—Oral trusts.
Known as the Washington Trust Act
The act spans §§ 11.98.002 to 11.98.930 (46 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Mele v. Mele (In Re Mele) (2013)
Most recently applied in In re Breast Cancer Prevention Fund (August 2017)
2011 c 327 s 19.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.