The District of Columbia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act applies to a transfer within the scope of section 21-302 made after the act’s effective date if the following occurs:
(1) The transfer purports to have been made under District of Columbia Uniform Gifts to Minors Act; or
(2) The instruments by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation “as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act” or “custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act” of any other state, and the application of the District of Columbia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act is necessary to validate the transfer.
(Mar. 12, 1986, D.C. Law 6-87, § 2(a), 33 DCR 278; Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 14(h), 45 DCR 745.)
1981 Ed., § 21-321.
“The act’s effective date,” referred to in the introductory language of subsection (a) of this section, is the effective date of D.C. Law 6-87, March 12, 1986.
Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 21 of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 21 - Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
Chapter 3 - Transfers to Minors; Uniform Law
§ 21–302. Scope and jurisdiction
§ 21–303. Nomination of custodian
§ 21–304. Transfer by gift or exercise of power of appointment
§ 21–305. Transfer authorized by will or trust
§ 21–306. Other transfers by fiduciary
§ 21–308. Receipt for custodial property
§ 21–310. Single custodianship
§ 21–311. Validity and effect of transfer
§ 21–312. Care of custodial property
§ 21–314. Use of custodial property
§ 21–315. Custodian’s expenses; compensation; bond
§ 21–316. Exemption of third person from liability
§ 21–317. Liability to third persons
§ 21–319. Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian
§ 21–320. Termination of custodianship
§ 21–322. Effect of existing custodianships