(1) A trust may be created for charitable purposes. Charitable purposes include, but are not limited to, the relief of poverty; the advancement of arts, sciences, education, or religion; and the promotion of health, governmental, or municipal purposes.
(2) If the terms of a charitable trust do not indicate a particular charitable purpose or beneficiary, the court may select one or more charitable purposes or beneficiaries. The selection must be consistent with the settlor’s intent to the extent such intent can be ascertained.
(3) The settlor of a charitable trust, among others, has standing to enforce the trust.
History.—s. 4, ch. 2006-217.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLII - Estates and Trusts
Chapter 736 - Florida Trust Code
Part IV - Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination (Ss. 736.0401-736.0417)
736.0401 - Methods of creating trust.
736.0402 - Requirements for creation.
736.0403 - Trusts created in other jurisdictions; formalities required for revocable trusts.
736.0405 - Charitable purposes; enforcement.
736.0406 - Effect of fraud, duress, mistake, or undue influence.
736.0407 - Evidence of oral trust.
736.0408 - Trust for care of an animal.
736.0409 - Noncharitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary.
736.0410 - Modification or termination of trust; proceedings for disapproval of nonjudicial acts.
736.04114 - Limited judicial construction of irrevocable trust with federal tax provisions.
736.04117 - Trustee’s power to invade principal in trust.
736.0412 - Nonjudicial modification of irrevocable trust.
736.0414 - Modification or termination of uneconomic trust.
736.0415 - Reformation to correct mistakes.
736.0416 - Modification to achieve settlor’s tax objectives.