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... otherwise provided in the terms of the trust, Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code govern the duties and powers of a trustee, relations among trustees, and the rights and interests of a beneficiary. (B) The terms of a trust prevail over any provision of Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code except the following: (1) The requirements for creating a trust; (2) The duty of a trustee to act in good faith...

...r security for a debt entered into by a trustee on behalf of the trust; (2) A person holding a debt secured by one or more assets of the trust; (3) A person having a claim against the trustee or the assets of the trust under section 5805.06 of the Revised Code; (4) A person who has attached through legal process a beneficiary's interest in the trust. (B)(1) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, the parties ...

...fter the date of this amendment. (2) "Trust" includes a revocable or irrevocable trust. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, this section governs the beneficial rights under a trust of any child born through the use of any assisted reproductive technologies, and also applies to the exercise of any power of appointment granted under a trust instrument or any other power to otherwise expand th...

...1.23 of the Revised Code; (b) If the trust became irrevocable during such four-year period, the period from the date the trust became irrevocable to the date of preparation of the notice. (2) If the trustee sending the notice accepted the trusteeship during the period described in division (A)(1) of this section, the "applicable reporting period" shall be from the date of the trustee's acceptance to the date of ...

...(A) When a trust is to terminate as a result of trust-terminating distributions and the trustee elects to use the provisions of this section, the trustee shall serve on the terminating distributions necessary parties the documents and information described in division (B) of this section. The trustee also may serve those documents and that information on other persons who the trustee reasonably believes may have an i...

...(A) When a trustee resigns or is removed from an irrevocable trust pursuant to the terms of the trust or otherwise and the departing trustee elects to use the provisions of this section, the departing trustee shall serve on the resignation or removal necessary parties the documents and information described in division (B) of this section. The trustee also may serve those documents and that information on other perso...

...(A) A trust is created only if all of the following apply: (1) Subject to division (F) of this section, the settlor of the trust, other than the settlor of a trust created by a court order, has capacity to create a trust. (2) Subject to division (F) of this section, the settlor of the trust, other than the settlor of a trust created by a court order, indicates an intention to create the trust. (3) The trust has a ...

...mination of a noncharitable irrevocable trust, that all consents, including any given by representatives under Chapter 5803. of the Revised Code, are valid, and that all parties giving consent are competent to do so, the court shall enter an order approving the modification or termination even if the modification or termination is inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust. An agent under a power of attorney m...

...ce to the qualified beneficiaries, the trustee of an inter vivos trust consisting of trust property having a total value of less than one hundred thousand dollars may terminate the trust if the trustee concludes that the value of the trust property is insufficient to justify the cost of administration. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to any of the following: (a) A charitable trust that has...

...(A) Whether or not the terms of a trust contain a spendthrift provision, all of the following apply: (1) During the lifetime of the settlor, the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors. (2) Except to the extent that a trust is established pursuant to, or otherwise is wholly or partially governed by or subject to Chapter 5816. of the Revised Code, with respect to an irrevocab...

...(A) Unless the terms of a trust expressly provide that the trust is irrevocable, the settlor may revoke or amend the trust. This division does not apply to a trust created under an instrument executed before January 1, 2007. (B) If a revocable trust is created or funded by more than one settlor, all of the following apply: (1) To the extent the trust consists of community property, either spouse acting alone ...

...owing actions pertaining to a revocable trust that is made irrevocable by the death of the settlor of the trust shall be commenced by the earlier of the date that is two years after the date of the death of the settlor of the trust or that is six months from the date on which the trustee sends the person bringing the action a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust's existence, of ...

...(A) A trustee shall keep the current beneficiaries of the trust reasonably informed about the administration of the trust and of the material facts necessary for them to protect their interests. Unless unreasonable under the circumstances, a trustee shall promptly respond to a beneficiary's request for information related to the administration of the trust. (B) A trustee shall do all of the following: (1) Up...

... section 5808.15 of the Revised Code, a trustee may do all of the following: (A) Collect trust property and accept or reject additions to the trust property from a settlor or any other person; (B) Acquire or sell property, for cash or on credit, at public or private sale; (C) Exchange, partition, or otherwise change the character of trust property; (D) Deposit trust money in an account in a regulated financial-se...

...(A) Unless the trust instrument expressly provides otherwise and subject to the limitations set forth in this section, all of the following apply: (1) If a trustee of a trust, referred to in this section as the "first trust," has absolute power under the terms of the first trust to make distributions of principal to one or more current beneficiaries, that trustee may exercise that power by distributing all or...

...) "Future interest under the terms of a trust" means a future interest that was created by a transfer creating a trust or a transfer to an existing trust, or by an exercise of a power of appointment to an existing trust, that directs the continuance of an existing trust, designates a beneficiary of an existing trust, or creates a trust. (7) "Per stirpes" means that the shares of the descendants of a beneficiary who ...

...(A) Instead of furnishing a copy of the trust instrument to a person other than a beneficiary, the trustee may furnish to the person a certification of trust containing all of the following information: (1) A statement that the trust exists and the date the trust instrument was executed; (2) The identity of the settlor; (3) The identity and address of the currently acting trustee; (4) The powers of the trust...

...(A) A trustee may adjust between principal and income to the extent the trustee considers necessary if the trustee invests and manages the trust assets as a prudent investor, the terms of the trust describe the amount that may or must be distributed to a beneficiary by referring to the trust's income, and the trustee determines, after applying division (A) of section 5812.02 of the Revised Code, that the trustee is u...

... of an institution. (C) "Institutional trust fund" means a trust fund, or a part of a trust fund, that is held by a trustee for the exclusive use, benefit, or purposes of one or more institutions and that is not wholly distributable to the institution or institutions on a current basis under the terms of the applicable trust instrument. "Institutional trust fund" does not include a fund in which a beneficiary that i...

...is eighteen years of age or older, or a trust company, followed, in substance, by the words: "as custodian for ________________ (name of minor) under the Ohio Transfers to Minors Act ; " (2) If the subject of the gift or transfer is a security not in registered form, by delivering it to the donor or transferor, another person who is eighteen years of age or older, or a trust company, accompanied by a statement of a...

... creates an inter vivos or testamentary trust shall not cause any forfeiture or postponement of any interest in property that satisfies both of the following: (a) It is granted to a surviving spouse of the testator or other settlor. (b) It qualifies for the federal estate tax marital deduction allowed by Subtitle B, Chapter 11, of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C.A. 2056, as amended, the estate tax mar...

...able standard" includes a standard in a trust instrument requiring the trustee to provide for the care, comfort, maintenance, welfare, education, or general well-being of the beneficiary. (2) "Disability" means any substantial, medically determinable impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of at least twelve months, except that "disabil...

... the authority by the terms of a legacy trust to remove or appoint one or more trustees of the trust or to direct, consent to, or disapprove a trustee's actual or proposed investment, distribution, or other decisions. (2) Any person to whom division (A)(1) of this section applies is considered an advisor even if that person is denominated by another title, such as protector. (B) "Asset" means property of a transf...

...A legacy trust may allow or provide for any or all of the following rights, powers, interests, or provisions, none of which grants, or is considered to be, either alone or in any combination, a right or power to revoke a trust or to voluntarily or involuntarily transfer an interest in that trust: (A) A provision that, upon the happening of a defined event or a stated contingency, results in the termination of a tr...

...Any successor or replacement trustees of a legacy trust shall be determined or selected in the following manners: (A)(1) Division (A)(2) of this section applies if in any action involving a legacy trust or any trustee of the legacy trust a court enters or issues any order in which or by which the court declines to apply the law of this state in determining any of the following matters: (a) The validity, construc...