South Carolina Code of Laws
Article 7 - South Carolina Trust Code
Section 62-7-111. Nonjudicial settlement agreements.

(a) For purposes of this section, "interested persons" means persons whose consent would be required in order to achieve a binding settlement were the settlement to be approved by the court.
(b) Interested persons may enter into a binding nonjudicial settlement agreement with respect to only the following trust matters:
(1) the approval of a trustee's report or accounting;
(2) direction to a trustee to perform or refrain from performing a particular administrative act or the grant to a trustee of any necessary or desirable administrative power;
(3) the resignation or appointment of a trustee and the determination of a trustee's compensation;
(4) transfer of a trust's principal place of administration; and
(5) liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust.
(c) Any interested person may request the court to approve a nonjudicial settlement agreement, to determine whether the representation as provided in Part 3 was adequate, and to determine whether the agreement contains terms and conditions the court could have properly approved.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 66, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 100, Section 2, eff January 1, 2014.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code

Article 7 - South Carolina Trust Code

Section 62-7-101. Short title.

Section 62-7-102. Scope.

Section 62-7-103. Definitions.

Section 62-7-104. Knowledge.

Section 62-7-105. Default and mandatory rules.

Section 62-7-106. Common law of trusts; principles of equity.

Section 62-7-107. Governing law.

Section 62-7-108. Principal place of administration.

Section 62-7-109. Methods and waiver of notice.

Section 62-7-110. Requirement of notice to others.

Section 62-7-111. Nonjudicial settlement agreements.

Section 62-7-112. Rules of construction.

Section 62-7-201. Role of court in administration of trust.

Section 62-7-202. Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary.

Section 62-7-204. Venue.

Section 62-7-301. When parties bound by others.

Section 62-7-302. Representation by holder of general testamentary power of appointment.

Section 62-7-303. Representation by fiduciaries and parents.

Section 62-7-304. Representation by person having substantially identical interest.

Section 62-7-305. Appointment of representative.

Section 62-7-401. Methods of creating trust.

Section 62-7-402. Requirements for creation; merger of title.

Section 62-7-403. Trusts created in other jurisdictions.

Section 62-7-404. Trust purposes.

Section 62-7-405. Charitable purposes; enforcement.

Section 62-7-406. Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence.

Section 62-7-407. Evidence of oral trust.

Section 62-7-408. Trust for care of animal.

Section 62-7-409. Noncharitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary.

Section 62-7-410. Modification or termination of trust; proceedings for approval or disapproval.

Section 62-7-411. Modification or termination of noncharitable irrevocable trust by consent with court approval.

Section 62-7-412. Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively.

Section 62-7-413. Equitable deviation.

Section 62-7-414. Modification or termination of uneconomic trust.

Section 62-7-415. Reformation to correct mistakes.

Section 62-7-416. Modification to achieve settlor's tax objectives.

Section 62-7-417. Combination and division of trusts.

Section 62-7-418. Estate and possession of trust estates shall be in beneficiaries.

Section 62-7-501. Rights of beneficiary's creditor or assignee.

Section 62-7-502. Spendthrift provision.

Section 62-7-503. Exceptions to spendthrift provision.

Section 62-7-504. Discretionary trusts; effect of standard.

Section 62-7-505. Creditors' claims against settlor.

Section 62-7-506. Overdue distribution.

Section 62-7-507. Personal obligations of trustee.

Section 62-7-601. Capacity of settlor of revocable trust.

Section 62-7-602. Revocation or amendment of revocable trust.

Section 62-7-602A. Powers of agent acting pursuant to power of attorney.

Section 62-7-603. Settlor's powers.

Section 62-7-604. Limitation on action contesting validity of revocable trust; distribution of trust property.

Section 62-7-605. Effect of penalty clause for contest.

Section 62-7-606. Anti-lapse provision in trust.

Section 62-7-607. Divorce or annulment as revoking revocable trust.

Section 62-7-701. Accepting or declining trusteeship.

Section 62-7-702. Trustee's bond.

Section 62-7-703. Cotrustees.

Section 62-7-704. Vacancy in trusteeship; appointment of successor.

Section 62-7-705. Resignation of trustee.

Section 62-7-706. Removal of trustee.

Section 62-7-707. Delivery of property by former trustee.

Section 62-7-708. Compensation of trustee.

Section 62-7-709. Reimbursement of expenses.

Section 62-7-801. Duty to administer trust.

Section 62-7-802. Duty of loyalty.

Section 62-7-803. Impartiality.

Section 62-7-804. Prudent administration.

Section 62-7-805. Costs of administration.

Section 62-7-806. Trustee's skills.

Section 62-7-807. Delegation by trustee.

Section 62-7-808. Powers to direct.

Section 62-7-809. Control and protection of trust property.

Section 62-7-810. Recordkeeping and identification of trust property.

Section 62-7-811. Enforcement and defense of claims.

Section 62-7-812. Exercise of powers by successor trustees; liability.

Section 62-7-813. Duty to inform and report.

Section 62-7-814. Discretionary powers; tax savings.

Section 62-7-815. General powers of trustee.

Section 62-7-816. Specific powers of trustee.

Section 62-7-816A. Authority to appoint the property of original trust to second trust.

Section 62-7-817. Distribution upon termination.

Section 62-7-818. Powers and discretions of a trust protector.

Section 62-7-819. Powers of a trust investment advisor.

Section 62-7-901. Short title.

Section 62-7-902. Definitions.

Section 62-7-903. Allocation of receipts and disbursements.

Section 62-7-904. Adjustments between principal and income.

Section 62-7-904A. Judicial control of discretionary power.

Section 62-7-904B. Definitions for Sections 62-7-904C through 62-7-904P.

Section 62-7-904C. Trustee's power to convert an income trust to a total return unitrust, reconvert a total return unitrust to an income trust, or change the percentage used to calculate the unitrust amount.

Section 62-7-904D. Petition by trustee or qualified beneficiary to convert an income trust, reconvert a total return unitrust, or change the percentage used to calculate the unitrust amount.

Section 62-7-904E. Fair market value of trust assets.

Section 62-7-904F. Administration of a total return unitrust.

Section 62-7-904G. Distribution of unitrust amount considered distribution of income and not of principal.

Section 62-7-904H. Limitation of liability.

Section 62-7-904I. Applicability of Sections 62-7-904B through 62-7-904P.

Section 62-7-904M. Unitrust amount to be distributed by the express total return unitrust.

Section 62-7-904N. Distribution from an express total return unitrust.

Section 62-7-904O. Express total return unitrust governing instrument; changing the unitrust percentage; converting from a unitrust to an income trust; reconversion of an income trust to a unitrust.

Section 62-7-904P. Trustee considerations for unitrust amount paid.

Section 62-7-905. Determinations of income and principal; distributions upon death or end of an income interest in a trust.

Section 62-7-906. Determination and distribution of net income.

Section 62-7-907. Beginning and end of income interests.

Section 62-7-908. Allocation of income receipts and disbursements.

Section 62-7-909. Undistributed income.

Section 62-7-910. Allocation of receipts from an entity to principal or income.

Section 62-7-911. Allocations of income and principal received from a trust or an estate.

Section 62-7-912. Separate accounting for a business activity.

Section 62-7-913. Allocations to principal.

Section 62-7-914. Accounting for receipts from rental property.

Section 62-7-915. Allocation of interest as income and proceeds from disposition of an obligation as principal; exceptions.

Section 62-7-916. Allocation of proceeds of insurance contracts; exception.

Section 62-7-917. Insubstantial allocations.

Section 62-7-918. Allocation of payments; interest, dividends, or payments.

Section 62-7-919. Liquidating assets.

Section 62-7-920. Allocation of receipts from interests in minerals or other natural resources.

Section 62-7-921. Allocation of receipts from sale of timber and related products.

Section 62-7-922. Marital deduction adjustments.

Section 62-7-923. Allocation of derivatives; options.

Section 62-7-924. Allocation of payments related to asset-backed securities.

Section 62-7-925. Disbursements from income.

Section 62-7-926. Disbursements from principal.

Section 62-7-927. Transfer to principal of cash receipts from asset subject to depreciation.

Section 62-7-928. Future principal disbursements reserves.

Section 62-7-929. Payment of taxes from income and principal.

Section 62-7-930. Certain adjustments between principal and income; reduction of marital deduction or charitable contribution deduction.

Section 62-7-931. Application and construction of Uniform Principal and Income Act.

Section 62-7-933. Uniform Prudent Investor Act.

Section 62-7-1001. Remedies for breach of trust.

Section 62-7-1002. Damages for breach of trust.

Section 62-7-1003. Damages in absence of breach.

Section 62-7-1004. Attorney's fees and costs.

Section 62-7-1005. Limitation of action against trustee.

Section 62-7-1005A. Trust protector.

Section 62-7-1005B. Trust investment advisor.

Section 62-7-1006. Reliance on trust instrument.

Section 62-7-1007. Event affecting administration or distribution.

Section 62-7-1008. Exculpation of trustee.

Section 62-7-1009. Beneficiary's consent, release, or ratification.

Section 62-7-1010. Limitation on personal liability of trustee.

Section 62-7-1011. Interest as general partner.

Section 62-7-1012. Protection of person dealing with trustee.

Section 62-7-1013. Certification of trust.

Section 62-7-1101. Uniformity of application and construction.

Section 62-7-1102. Electronic records and signatures.

Section 62-7-1103. Severability clause.

Section 62-7-1106. Application to existing relationships.