Prob. Code, § 15205 · Chapter 1. Creation and Validity of Trusts
Prob. Code, § 15205
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A trust, other than a charitable trust, is created only if there is a beneficiary.
(b) The requirement of subdivision (a) is satisfied if the trust instrument provides for either of the following:
(1) A beneficiary or class of beneficiaries that is ascertainable with reasonable certainty or that is sufficiently described so it can be determined that some person meets the description or is within the class.
(2) A grant of a power to the trustee or some other person to select the beneficiaries based on a standard or in the discretion of the trustee or other person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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