§ 18-13-3. Custodial trustee for future payment or transfer.
(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 Rhode Island 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 trustee is unable or unwilling to serve.
(c) A designation under this section may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, a multi-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.
History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 623, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 18-13 - Rhode Island Uniform Custodial Trust Act
Section 18-13-1. - Definitions.
Section 18-13-2. - Custodial trust — General.
Section 18-13-3. - Custodial trustee for future payment or transfer.
Section 18-13-4. - Form and effect of receipt and acceptance by custodial trustee — Jurisdiction.
Section 18-13-5. - Transfer to custodial trustee by fiduciary or obligor — Facility of payment.
Section 18-13-6. - Multiple beneficiaries — Separate custodial trusts — Survivorship.
Section 18-13-7. - General duties of custodial trustee.
Section 18-13-8. - General powers of custodial trustee.
Section 18-13-9. - Use of custodial trust property.
Section 18-13-10. - Determination of incapacity — Effect.
Section 18-13-11. - Exemption of third person from liability.
Section 18-13-12. - Liability to third person.
Section 18-13-14. - Expenses, compensation, and bond of custodial trustee.
Section 18-13-16. - Limitations of action against custodial trustee.
Section 18-13-17. - Distribution on termination.
Section 18-13-18. - Methods and forms for creating custodial trusts.
Section 18-13-19. - Applicable law.
Section 18-13-20. - Uniformity of application of construction.