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Subchapter I. Appointment of Trustee by Court; Title of Appointee to Trust Property
§ 3501. Appointment authorized; effect of execution of power by appointee. - When any person or persons or any of such persons...
§ 3502. Procedure for appointment of trustee. - The Court of Chancery may make any appointment or direction...
§ 3503. Appointment of trustee to convey realty; effect of conveyance by appointee. - When any person seised of lands, tenements or hereditaments upon...
§ 3504. Appointment of trustee to assign term of years; effect of assignment by appointee. - When any person possessed of lands, tenements or hereditaments for...
§ 3505. Appointment of trustee to transfer stock or collect and pay over dividends; effect of appointee's acts. - When any person in whose name as trustee or executor...
§ 3506. Appointment of trustee to convey, assign or transfer trust property from discharged or removed trustee to successor. - When any person who, having been discharged or removed from...
§ 3507. Order of appointment. - The Court of Chancery shall make any appointment or direction...
§ 3508. Appointment of fiduciary to receive benefits payable by the United States. - (a) Whenever any military or administrative body or agency of...
§ 3509. Vesting of title to trust property in successor trustee. - Whenever the sole or surviving trustee dies or is removed...
§ 3510. Vesting of title to trust realty in successor trustee appointed pursuant to trust instrument; deed of appointment. - Whenever any trust of real estate has been or shall...
Subchapter II. Accounting and Distribution of Trust Funds
§ 3521. Trustees' accounts in general. - Except as otherwise provided in §§ 3522-3524 of this title,...
§ 3522. Trustees' accounts for inter vivos trusts. - Trustees of an inter vivos trust (whether or not property...
§ 3523. Trustees' accounts in wills probated prior to April 5, 1909. - Trustees named in wills probated prior to April 5, 1909,...
§ 3524. Trustees' accounts for other testamentary trusts [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5]. - (a) Trustees of a testamentary trust shall be required to...
§ 3525. Filing of trustees' accounts; contents; approval. - (a) Trustees required to file accounts as provided in the...
§ 3526. Release of obligation to file accounts. - (a) Without the approval of the Court of Chancery, a...
§ 3527, 3527A. Total return unitrusts; express total return unitrusts. - Transferred by 77 Del. Laws, c. 330, § 10, effective...
§ 3528. Trustee's authority to invade principal or income in trust [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5]. - (a) Unless the terms of the instrument expressly provide otherwise,...
Subchapter III. General Provisions
§ 3531. Renunciation by trustee named in trust instrument; filing and recording. - Whenever, by any will, deed or other instrument, a trustee...
§ 3532. Transfer of stocks, bonds or other corporate securities by trustee; certificate of Register in Chancery. - Upon the transfer by trustees of the stocks, bonds or...
§ 3533. Sale of trust property free from trust; procedure. - Upon petition of any trustee having the legal title to...
§ 3534. Notice procedure. - Except as may be expressly provided in the trust instrument...
§ 3535. Powers of appointment, rule against perpetuities and restraints on alienation. - The validity of an estate or interest in property created...
§ 3536. Rights of creditors and assignees of beneficiary of trust [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6]. - (a) Except as expressly provided in subsections (c) and (d)...
§ 3536A. Release of beneficial interests by beneficiaries. - (a) Subject to the limitations and conditions of subsections (b)...
§ 3537. Conveyance of realty by infant trustee. - Any person under the age of 18 years, having real...
§ 3538. Testamentary trusts; certification of by Register of Wills to Register in Chancery; record. - (a) When a will that has been probated before the...
§ 3539. Charitable trust; sale of timber on lands; application of proceeds. - The Court of Chancery may, when in its judgment the...
§ 3540. Powers and duties of certain trustees. - All trustees of any trust governed by the laws of...
§ 3541. Administration of charitable trusts or noncharitable purpose trusts; cy pres rule. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or other...
§ 3542. Termination of small trusts [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5]. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the trust...
§ 3543. Distribution of estate or trust assets without creation of trust. - If the terms of a will or a writing creating...
§ 3544. Successor trustee. - Unless provided otherwise by the terms of the governing instrument...
§ 3545. Limitations on oral trusts; execution requirements for written trusts [For application of this section, see 81 Del. Laws, c. 320, § 8]. - (a) Except as otherwise required by this Code, the creation,...
§ 3546. Limitation on action contesting validity of trusts [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5]. - (a) A judicial proceeding to contest whether a revocable trust...
§ 3547. Representation by person with a substantially identical interest [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6]. - (a) Unless otherwise represented, a minor, person who is incapacitated,...
§ 3548. Limited purpose trust companies; general powers of appointment. - (a) Any power conferred upon a limited purpose trust company...
§ 3549. Marital deduction gift; compliance with Internal Revenue Code; fiduciary powers. - (a) If a governing instrument contains a marital deduction gift,...
§ 3550. Electronic execution of documents. - (a) If otherwise validly executed, the following documents may be...
Subchapter IV. Trusts for Cemeteries and Other Noncharitable Purposes
§ 3551. Burial lots; perpetuities. - (a) Any owner of any burial lot or plot in...
§ 3552. Powers of cemetery corporation as to trust funds. - Any corporation created and existing under the laws of this...
§ 3553. Sale of real estate and proceeds. - Any real estate given, granted or devised to a cemetery...
§ 3554. Perpetual care burial lots. - (a) Whenever a person, partnership or corporation engaged in the...
§ 3555. Trust for care of an animal. - (a) A trust for the care of 1 or more...
§ 3556. Trust for other noncharitable purposes. - (a) In addition to the provisions of § 3555 of...
Subchapter V. Compensation of Trustees
§ 3560. Trustees entitled to compensation in accordance with instrument. - (a) Trustees under wills, trustees under inter vivos deeds of...
§ 3561. Reasonable compensation when trust instrument does not determine. - (a) As used in this section, the term “qualified trustee”...
§ 3562. Judicial review of trustees' allowances. - (a) The provisions of § 3561(b)(1)c. of this title notwithstanding,...
Subchapter VI. Qualified Dispositions in Trust
§ 3570. Definitions [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5]. - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Claim” means a right...
§ 3571. Retained interests of transferor. - A qualified disposition shall be subject to § 3572 of...
§ 3572. Avoidance of qualified dispositions. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, no action...
§ 3573. Limitations on qualified dispositions. - With respect to the limitations imposed by § 3572 of...
§ 3574. Effect of avoidance of qualified dispositions. - (a) After making any payments from the trust required under...
§ 3575. Application of subchapter. - This subchapter shall apply to qualified dispositions and dispositions by...
§ 3576. Short title. - This subchapter may be cited as the “Qualified Dispositions in...
Subchapter VII. Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing With Trustee
§ 3580. Definition [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6]. - In this subchapter, the term “trustee” includes fiduciaries and other...
§ 3581. Breach of trust; equitable remedies. - (a) A violation by a trustee of a duty the...
§ 3582. Damages against trustee for breach of trust [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5]. - A beneficiary may charge a trustee who commits a breach...
§ 3583. Liability of trustee in absence of breach. - (a) Except to the extent a trustee realizes a profit...
§ 3584. Attorneys' fees and costs. - In a judicial proceeding involving a trust, the court, as...
§ 3585. Limitation of action against trustee following trustee's report [For application of this section, see 81 Del. Laws, c. 320, § 8]. - (a) A person may initiate a judicial proceeding against a...
§ 3586. Reliance on governing instrument. - A trustee who acted in good faith reliance on the...
§ 3587. Events affecting administration or distribution. - Whenever the happening of an event, including marriage, divorce, performance...
§ 3588. Consent, release, ratification, or indemnification in favor of a trustee [For application of this section, see 81 Del. Laws, c. 320, § 8]. - (a) A person may not hold a trustee liable for...
§ 3589. Limitation on personal liability of trustee. - Repealed by 73 Del. Laws, c. 409, § 3, effective...
§ 3590. Protection of person dealing with trustee. - (a) A person other than a beneficiary who in good...
§ 3591. Certification of trust. - (a) Instead of providing a person other than a beneficiary...
§ 3592. Failure of trust to dispose of all assets. - In the event that the terms of an inter vivos...
§ 3593. Interest on pecuniary gifts in trust [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6]. - Except where circumstances justify a longer period, pecuniary gifts from...
§ 3594. Legacy to creditor of trustor. - A gift to a beneficiary of an inter vivos trust...
§ 3595. Abatement of gifts in trust. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...