(a) In this section, “power of appointment” means a power that enables a person acting in a nonfiduciary capacity to designate a recipient of an ownership interest in or another power of appointment over trust property.
(b) This chapter does not apply to a:
(1) power of appointment;
(2) power to appoint or remove a trustee or trust director;
(3) power of a settlor over a trust to the extent the settlor has a power to revoke the trust;
(4) power of a beneficiary over a trust to the extent the exercise or nonexercise of the power affects the beneficial interest of:
(A) the beneficiary; or
(B) another beneficiary represented by the beneficiary under § 28-73-301 et seq. with respect to the exercise or nonexercise of the power; or
(5) power over a trust if:
(A) the terms of the trust provide that the power is held in a nonfiduciary capacity; and
(B) the power must be held in a nonfiduciary capacity to achieve the settlor's tax objectives under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, a power granted to a person to designate a recipient of an ownership interest in or power of appointment over trust property which is exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee is a power of appointment and not a power of direction.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 5 - Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 76 - Uniform Directed Trust Act [Effective January 1, 2020]
§ 28-76-101. Title. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-102. Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-103. Application — Principal place of administration. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-104. Common law and principles of equity. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-105. Exclusions. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-106. Powers of trust director. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-107. Limitations on trust director. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-108. Duty and liability of trust director. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-109. Duty and liability of directed trustee. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-110. Duty to provide information to trust director or trustee. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-111. No duty to monitor, inform, or advise. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-112. Application to trustee. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-113. Limitation of action against trust director. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-114. Defenses in action against trust director. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-115. Jurisdiction over trust director. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-116. Office of trust director. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
§ 28-76-117. Uniformity of application and construction. [Effective January 1, 2020.]