(a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property payable or transferable upon a future event may create a custodial trust upon the occurrence of the future event by designating in writing the recipient, followed in substance by: "as custodial trustee for ......... (name of beneficiary) under the Minnesota Uniform Custodial Trust Act."
(b) Persons may be designated as substitute or successor custodial trustees to whom the property must be paid or transferred in the order named if the first designated custodial trustee is unable or unwilling to serve.
(c) A designation under this section may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, a multiple-party account, an insurance policy, an instrument exercising a power of appointment, or a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights. Otherwise, to be effective, the designation must be registered with or delivered to the fiduciary, payor, issuer, or obligor of the future right.
1990 c 476 s 3
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 524 - 532 — Probate; Property; Estates; Guardianships; Anatomical Gifts
Chapter 529 — Uniform Custodial Trust Act
Section 529.02 — Custodial Trust; General.
Section 529.03 — Custodial Trustee For Future Payment Or Transfer.
Section 529.04 — Form And Effect Of Receipt And Acceptance By Custodial Trustee, Jurisdiction.
Section 529.05 — Multiple Beneficiaries; Separate Custodial Trusts; Survivorship.
Section 529.06 — General Duties Of Custodial Trustee.
Section 529.07 — General Powers Of Custodial Trustee.
Section 529.08 — Use Of Custodial Trust Property.
Section 529.09 — Determination Of Incapacity; Effect.
Section 529.10 — Exemption Of Third Person From Liability.
Section 529.11 — Liability To Third Person.
Section 529.13 — Expenses, Compensation, And Bond Of Custodial Trustee.
Section 529.15 — Limitations Of Action Against Custodial Trustee.
Section 529.16 — Distribution On Termination.
Section 529.17 — Methods And Forms For Creating Custodial Trusts.