(a) In exercising the decanting power, an authorized fiduciary shall act in accordance with its fiduciary duties, including the duty to act in accordance with the purposes of the first trust.
(b) This article does not create or imply a duty to exercise the decanting power or to inform beneficiaries about the applicability of this article.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in a first-trust instrument, for purposes of this article and 44D-8-1 and 44D-8-2(a) of this code, the terms of the first trust are considered to include the decanting power.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 44D. Uniform Trust Code
Article 8B. West Virginia Uniform Trust Decanting Act
§44D-8B-5. Application; Governing Law
§44D-8B-6. Reasonable Reliance
§44D-8B-7. Notice; Exercise of Decanting Power
§44D-8B-11. Decanting Power Under Expanded Distributive Discretion
§44D-8B-12. Decanting Power Under Limited Distributive Discretion
§44D-8B-13. Trust for Beneficiary With Disability
§44D-8B-14. Protection of Charitable Interest
§44D-8B-15. Trust Limitation on Decanting
§44D-8B-16. Change in Compensation
§44D-8B-17. Relief From Liability and Indemnification
§44D-8B-18. Removal or Replacement of Authorized Fiduciary
§44D-8B-19. Tax-Related Limitations
§44D-8B-20. Duration of Second Trust
§44D-8B-21. Need to Distribute Not Required
§44D-8B-23. Trust for Care of Animal
§44D-8B-24. Terms of Second Trust
§44D-8B-26. Later-Discovered Property
§44D-8B-28. Uniformity of Application and Construction
§44D-8B-29. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act