2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 386B - Uniform trust code
Subchapter 386B.4 - Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trust
386B.4-020 Requirements for creation.


Download as PDF
386B.4-020 Requirements for creation. (1) (2) A trust is created only if: (a) The settlor has capacity to create a trust; (b) The settlor indicates an intention to create the trust; (c) The trust has a definite beneficiary or is: 1. A charitable trust; 2. A trust for the care of an animal under KRS 386B.4-080; or 3. A trust for a noncharitable purpose under KRS 386B.4-090; (d) The trustee has duties to perform; and (e) The same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary. A power in a trustee to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, the power fails and the property subject to the power passes to the persons who would have taken the property had the power not been conferred. Effective: July 15, 2014 History: Created 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 24, effective July 15, 2014.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Kentucky may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.