Trust Creation
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Settlor creates a trust: "Income to Parent for life, then principal to Parent's children." At creation, Parent has tw...
Settlor creates a trust: "Income to Parent for life, then principal to Parent's children." At creation, Parent has two living children and may have more children. How should the children's interest generally be classifie...
Citations: Common-law class gift principles
Trust Termination
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Trust Modification
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Galen transferred $400,000 to City Bank "as trustee to invest and distribute income equally to my children, Lina and...
Galen transferred $400,000 to City Bank "as trustee to invest and distribute income equally to my children, Lina and Omar, for 10 years, then distribute principal equally to them." City Bank signed a receipt but later de...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 402 and 704
Settlor signed a valid trust instrument and transferred $300,000 to Trust Company "as trustee for my grandchildren."...
Settlor signed a valid trust instrument and transferred $300,000 to Trust Company "as trustee for my grandchildren." The instrument imposed investment and distribution duties. Trust Company declined to serve before makin...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 704
A musician's will leaves $200,000 to Trustee "to distribute among my most loyal fans, in Trustee's absolute discretio...
A musician's will leaves $200,000 to Trustee "to distribute among my most loyal fans, in Trustee's absolute discretion." The will provides no way to determine who qualifies as a loyal fan and states no charitable purpose...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 402
At dinner, Landowner told Friend, "I want you to hold my farm in trust for my daughter until she turns 30." Landowner...
At dinner, Landowner told Friend, "I want you to hold my farm in trust for my daughter until she turns 30." Landowner never signed a deed, trust instrument, memorandum, or any other writing referring to the farm trust. T...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 407, Common-law Statute of Frauds principles
Celia signed a notarized document titled "Ridge Trust." The document stated, "I declare that I hold my brokerage acco...
Celia signed a notarized document titled "Ridge Trust." The document stated, "I declare that I hold my brokerage account ending in 4412 and my lake cabin on Pine Road as trustee. During my life, income may be used for me...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 401 and 402
Dana signed a written instrument stating, "I hold my investment account ending in 9900 as trustee. During my life I m...
...n instrument stating, "I hold my investment account ending in 9900 as trustee. During my life I may use the income for myself, and at my death the remaining account shall be distributed to my nephew Eli." Dana never reti...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code sections 401 and 402
Harper's will leaves $80,000 to Trustee "to care for my cat Juniper for the rest of Juniper's life." Harper owned Jun...
Harper's will leaves $80,000 to Trustee "to care for my cat Juniper for the rest of Juniper's life." Harper owned Juniper when Harper signed the will and when Harper died. The state follows the modern UTC-style rule for...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 408
Owen's will left $600,000 to Trustee. The will directed Trustee to use $250,000 "for my true friends who stood by me,...
Owen's will left $600,000 to Trustee. The will directed Trustee to use $250,000 "for my true friends who stood by me, in whatever amounts Trustee thinks fair"; $250,000 "to fund scholarships for graduates of County High...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 402, 405, and 408
Owner executed a deed conveying Blackacre "to Paula, as trustee for Paula." No other person has any present or future...
Owner executed a deed conveying Blackacre "to Paula, as trustee for Paula." No other person has any present or future interest, and the instrument gives Paula complete power to use, sell, or keep Blackacre for herself. W...
Citations: Common-law merger doctrine, Uniform Trust Code section 402
Sam signed a document stating, "I intend to create a trust for my cousin Rita. I will transfer some property to Trust...
Sam signed a document stating, "I intend to create a trust for my cousin Rita. I will transfer some property to Trustee when I decide what property to use." Sam never transferred property to Trustee and never identified...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 402
Testator's will leaves $1 million to Trustee "to provide scholarships for low-income graduates of Central County publ...
Testator's will leaves $1 million to Trustee "to provide scholarships for low-income graduates of Central County public high schools who attend nursing school." No scholarship recipient is named in the will. Which statem...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 405
Three days after a serious stroke, Settlor signed a trust giving all assets to Caregiver. Medical records from that d...
Three days after a serious stroke, Settlor signed a trust giving all assets to Caregiver. Medical records from that day state that Settlor could not identify close relatives or describe his property. Caregiver had isolat...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 406
Grandmother signed a letter to her daughter saying, "I hope you will use my stock portfolio to help your children wit...
...you will use my stock portfolio to help your children with school. I trust you to do what is right." The letter did not use the word trustee, impose duties, state distribution standards, or require account separation. G...
Citations: Uniform Trust Code section 402
Leah owned a valuable art collection. In January, while healthy and independent, she wrote and signed a letter to her...
...thing." Leah kept the art in her home and did not otherwise mention a trust. In September, after a stroke, Leah depended on her paid caregiver, Nora, for medication, meals, and access to visitors. Nora began answering Le...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code section 402, Uniform Trust Code section 406
Rina handed her accountant, Tom, a cashier's check for $90,000 and said, in front of two employees, "Hold this for my...
...penses." Tom deposited the check into a separate account titled "Tom, trustee for Ezra." Rina did not sign any writing about the $90,000. At the same meeting, Rina also said, "I want you to hold my vacant lot for Ezra on...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 401, 402, and 407
Trustee Duties
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Wills
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Probate
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Will Formation
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