Prob. Code, § 19518 · Part 9. Uniform Trust Decanting Act
Prob. Code, § 19518
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless any of the following occurs:
(a) The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed writing and the modification applies only to the person.
(b) The person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the modification in a signed writing and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.
(c) The court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 407, Sec. 1. (SB 909) Effective January 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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