Michigan Compiled Laws
386-1998-VII-8 - Part 8 Duties and Powers of Trustee (700.7801...700.7821)
Section 700.7820 - Payment Provisions; Facility.

Sec. 7820.
(1) A trustee may act under section 7817(ff) by paying money or other property to 1 or more of the following:
(a) The minor or incapacitated individual directly.
(b) A person or institution providing support, maintenance, education, or medical, surgical, hospital, or other institutional care for the minor or incapacitated individual in direct payment for those services.
(c) The legal or natural guardian of the minor or incapacitated individual.
(d) A person, whether or not appointed guardian by a court, who shall in fact have the care and custody of the minor or incapacitated individual.
(e) A custodian for the minor or incapacitated individual under a uniform gifts or transfers to minors act.
(2) A trustee also may manage an amount distributable to a trust beneficiary who is a minor or incapacitated individual as a separate fund on the trust beneficiary's behalf, subject to the trust beneficiary's continuing right to withdraw the distribution.
(3) If the trustee exercises due care in the selection of the person to whom a payment is made under this section, including a minor or incapacitated individual, the trustee does not have a duty to see to the payment's application. The person's receipt for the payment completely discharges the trustee.
History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 Popular Name: EPIC

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code

Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)

Article VII - Michigan Trust Code (700.7101...700.7913)

386-1998-VII-8 - Part 8 Duties and Powers of Trustee (700.7801...700.7821)

Section 700.7801 - Administration of Trust; Duties of Trustee.

Section 700.7802 - Duty of Loyalty.

Section 700.7803 - Impartiality; Use of Standards of Michigan Prudent Investor Rule.

Section 700.7808 - Settlor's Power to Direct Contrary to Trust Terms.

Section 700.7809 - Repealed. 2018, Act 664, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019.

Section 700.7810 - Control and Protection of Trust Property.

Section 700.7811 - Recordkeeping and Identification of Trust Property.

Section 700.7812 - Enforcement and Defense of Claims.

Section 700.7813 - Duty to Locate Trust Property and Compel Delivery; Retention of Reserve for Payment of Expenses; Improper Distribution or Payment From Trust; Wrongful Conversion.

Section 700.7814 - Duty to Inform and Report.

Section 700.7815 - Discretionary Powers; Abuse; Liability to Beneficiary; Rules; Effect of Limited or Prohibited Powers; Exceptions.

Section 700.7816 - General Powers of Trustee.

Section 700.7817 - Specific Powers of Trustee.

Section 700.7818 - Environmental Concerns or Hazards; Powers of Trustee.

Section 700.7819 - Tax Matters; Powers of Trustee.

Section 700.7820 - Payment Provisions; Facility.

Section 700.7820a - Irrevocable Trust Including Discretionary Trust Provision; Distribution; Definitions.

Section 700.7821 - Distribution Upon Termination.