Sec. 53. (a) As used in this section, "animal trust" means a trust or an interest in a trust created to provide for the care of one (1) or more animals.
(b) As used in this section, "protector" means a person appointed in an animal trust to enforce the trust on behalf of the animal or, if no such person is appointed in the trust, a person appointed by the court for that purpose.
(c) The decanting power may be exercised over an animal trust that has a protector to the extent the trust could be decanted under this chapter if each animal that benefits from the trust were an individual, if the protector consents in a signed record to the exercise of the power.
(d) A protector for an animal has the rights under this chapter of a qualified beneficiary.
(e) If a first trust is an animal trust, in an exercise of the decanting power, the second trust must provide that trust property may be applied only to its intended purpose for the period the first trust benefitted the animal.
As added by P.L.161-2022, SEC.3.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 30. Trusts and Fiduciaries
Chapter 10. Uniform Trust Decanting Act
30-4-10-2. "Appointive Property"
30-4-10-3. "Ascertainable Standard"
30-4-10-4. "Authorized Fiduciary"
30-4-10-6. "Beneficiary With Disability"
30-4-10-7. "Charitable Interest"
30-4-10-8. "Charitable Organization"
30-4-10-9. "Charitable Purpose"
30-4-10-11. "Current Beneficiary"
30-4-10-13. "Designated Representative"
30-4-10-14. "Expanded Distributive Discretion"
30-4-10-16. "First-Trust Instrument"
30-4-10-17. "General Power of Appointment"
30-4-10-20. "Power of Appointment"
30-4-10-22. "Presently Exercisable Power of Appointment"
30-4-10-23. "Qualified Beneficiary"
30-4-10-24. "Reasonably Definite Standard"
30-4-10-27. "Second-Trust Instrument"
30-4-10-31. "Terms of the Trust"
30-4-10-32. "Trust Instrument"
30-4-10-34. Liability for an Action or Failure to Act by a Trustee or Person
30-4-10-35. Authorized Fiduciary; Notice of Intent to Exercise Decanting Power
30-4-10-36. Notice Requirements
30-4-10-37. Effect of Notice on Exercise of Decanting Power
30-4-10-38. Notice to a Person Authorized to Represent Another Person
30-4-10-40. Exercise of Decanting Power; Written Record
30-4-10-42. Limited Distributive Discretion
30-4-10-43. Beneficiary With a Disability
30-4-10-44. Determinable Charitable Interest; Authority of the Attorney General
30-4-10-45. First-Trust Instrument Restriction on Decanting Power
30-4-10-46. Compensation of Authorized Fiduciary
30-4-10-47. Second-Trust Instrument; Liability of Authorized Fiduciary
30-4-10-48. Modification of the First-Trust Instrument
30-4-10-50. Duration of Second Trust; Property Attributable to Both First Trust and Second Trust
30-4-10-51. Discretionary Distribution
30-4-10-54. Reference to Trust Instrument or Terms of Trust Instrument
30-4-10-55. Decanting Power of a Settlor of a First Trust; Settlor Intent of Second Trust
30-4-10-56. Property Discovered After Distribution of the First Trust
30-4-10-57. Liability Against Property of a First Trust