2021 Indiana Code
Title 32. Property
Article 17. Interests in Property
Chapter 8. Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities
32-17-8-2. Exclusions

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the following:

(1) A nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of a nondonative transfer, except a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment arising out of any of the following:

(A) A premarital or postmarital agreement.

(B) A separation or divorce settlement.

(C) A spouse's election.

(D) A similar arrangement arising out of a prospective, an existing, or a previous marital relationship between the parties.

(E) A contract to make or not to revoke a will or trust.

(F) A contract to exercise or not to exercise a power of appointment.

(G) A transfer in satisfaction of a duty of support.

(H) A reciprocal transfer.

(2) A fiduciary's power relating to the administration or management of assets, including the power of a fiduciary to sell, lease, or mortgage property, and the power of a fiduciary to determine principal and income.

(3) A power to appoint a fiduciary.

(4) A discretionary power of a trustee to distribute principal before termination of a trust to a beneficiary having an indefeasibly vested interest in the income and principal.

(5) A nonvested property interest held by a charity, government, or governmental agency or subdivision, if the nonvested property interest is preceded by an interest held by another charity, government, or governmental agency or subdivision.

(6) A nonvested property interest in or a power of appointment with respect to a trust or other property arrangement forming part of a pension, a profit sharing, a stock bonus, a health, a disability, a death benefit, an income deferral, or other current or deferred benefit plan for one (1) or more employees, independent contractors, or their beneficiaries or spouses, to which contributions are made for the purpose of distributing to or for the benefit of the participants or their beneficiaries or spouses the property, income, or principal in the trust or other property arrangement, except a nonvested property interest or a power of appointment that is created by an election of a participant or a beneficiary or spouse.

(7) A property interest, power of appointment, or arrangement that was not subject to the common law rule against perpetuities or is excluded by another Indiana statute.

(8) A:

(A) provision for the accumulation of an amount of the income of a trust estate reasonably necessary for the upkeep, repair, or proper management of the subject of the estate;

(B) direction in a trust that provides for the allocation wholly or in part to the principal of the trust of stock dividends or stock rights derived from shares held in a trust;

(C) provision for a sinking or reserve fund; or

(D) statutory provision directing an accumulation.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-4.5-2.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.