The trustee may, in the trustee's discretion, from time to time, determine
(1) the effective date of a conversion to a unitrust;
(2) the provisions for prorating a unitrust distribution for a short year in which a beneficiary's right to payments commences or ceases;
(3) the frequency of unitrust distributions during the year;
(4) the effect of other payments from or contributions to the trust on the trust's valuation;
(5) whether to value the trust's assets annually or more frequently;
(6) whether to use a smoothing period of three, four, or five years;
(7) what valuation dates to use;
(8) how frequently to value nonliquid assets and whether to estimate their value;
(9) whether to omit trust property occupied or possessed by a beneficiary from the calculations; and
(10) other matters necessary for the proper functioning of the unitrust.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 38. Alaska Principal and Income Act
Sec. 13.38.300. Power to convert to unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.310. Judicially approved conversion; beneficiary request for conversion.
Sec. 13.38.320. Factors to be considered.
Sec. 13.38.330. Directions after conversion.
Sec. 13.38.340. Trustee's discretionary powers regarding unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.350. Unitrust deductions and distributions.
Sec. 13.38.360. Court orders regarding unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.370. Effects of conversion.
Sec. 13.38.380. Prohibited conversions; exception.
Sec. 13.38.390. Permissible conversion where otherwise prohibited.
Sec. 13.38.400. Reconversion from a unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.410. Release of power to convert to unitrust.
Sec. 13.38.420. Express total return unitrusts.
Sec. 13.38.430. Power to treat gains as part of distribution of principal.