(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, or wasteful:
(1) the trust does not fail, in whole or in part;
(2) the trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor's successors in interest; and
(3) a court may apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust by directing that the trust property be applied or distributed, in whole or in part, in a manner consistent with the settlor's charitable purposes.
(b) A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that would result in distribution of the trust property to a noncharitable beneficiary prevails over the power of a court under subsection (a) to apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect:
(1) the trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living; or
(2) less than thirty (30) years have elapsed since the date of the trust's creation.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 5 - Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 73 - Arkansas Trust Code
Subchapter 4 - Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trust
§ 28-73-401. Methods of creating trust
§ 28-73-402. Requirements for creation
§ 28-73-403. Trusts created in other jurisdictions
§ 28-73-405. Charitable purposes — Enforcement
§ 28-73-406. Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence
§ 28-73-407. Evidence of oral trust
§ 28-73-408. Trust for care of animal
§ 28-73-409. Noncharitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary
§ 28-73-410. Modification or termination of trust — Proceedings for approval or disapproval
§ 28-73-411. Modification or termination of noncharitable irrevocable trust by consent
§ 28-73-414. Modification or termination of uneconomic trust
§ 28-73-415. Reformation to correct mistakes
§ 28-73-416. Modification to achieve settlor's tax objectives