The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 2402)
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§ 2402. Probate Division of the Superior Court may appoint trustees; duties
(a) When, under the provisions of a will probated in another state or country, or of a
decree of a court of another state or country, a devise, legacy, gift, or trust belongs
to or for the benefit of a class or classes of beneficiaries in this State, whose
members are not all ascertained or definitely ascertainable, or is appropriated or
devoted to any purpose or benefit in which the public or a class of the public in
this State is interested, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may appoint one
or more trustees to take charge of the payment and distribution of the devise, legacy,
gift, or trust under the will or decree.
(b) The trustee or trustees shall give bonds and render accounts annually of all transactions
to the Probate Division of the Superior Court and shall be subject to the same liabilities,
and the court shall have the same power as in case of other trustees appointed by
the Probate Division of the Superior Court. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 114; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)