The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 14A : Trusts
Chapter 014 : Uniform Trust Decanting Act
(Cite as: 14A V.S.A. § 1426)-
§ 1426. Later-discovered property
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, if exercise of the decanting power was intended to distribute all the principal of the first trust to one or more second trusts, later discovered property belonging to the first trust and property paid to or acquired by the first trust after the exercise of the power is part of the trust estate of the second trust or trusts.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, if exercise of the decanting power was intended to distribute less than all the principal of the first trust to one or more second trusts, later-discovered property belonging to the first trust or property paid to or acquired by the first trust after exercise of the power remains part of the trust estate of the first trust.
(c) An authorized fiduciary may provide in an exercise of the decanting power or by the terms of a second trust for disposition of later-discovered property belonging to the first trust or property paid to or acquired by the first trust after exercise of the power. (Added 2023, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.)
