Indiana § 30-4-9-17 - Uniformity of the law
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§ 30-4-9-17. Uniformity of the law
Sec. 17. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among the states that enact it.
As added by P.L.221-2019, SEC.10.
IC 30-4-10Chapter 10. Uniform Trust Decanting Act
30-4-10-1Application 30-4-10-2"Appointive property" 30-4-10-3"Ascertainable standard" 30-4-10-4"Authorized fiduciary" 30-4-10-5"Beneficiary" 30-4-10-6"Beneficiary with a disability" 30-4-10-7"Charitable interest" 30-4-10-8"Charitable organization" 30-4-10-9"Charitable purpose" 30-4-10-10"Court" 30-4-10-11"Current beneficiary" 30-4-10-12"Decanting power" 30-4-10-13"Designated representative" 30-4-10-14"Expanded distributive discretion" 30-4-10-15"First trust" 30-4-10-16"First-trust instrument" 30-4-10-17"General power of appointment" 30-4-10-18"Jurisdiction" 30-4-10-19"Person" 30-4-10-20"Power of appointment" 30-4-10-21"Powerholder" 30-4-10-22"Presently exercisable power of appointment" 30-4-10-23"Qualified beneficiary" 30-4-10-24"Reasonably definite standard" 30-4-10-25"Record" 30-4-10-26"Second trust" 30-4-10-27"Second-trust instrument" 30-4-10-28"Settlor" 30-4-10-29"Sign" 30-4-10-30"State" 30-4-10-31"Terms of the trust" 30-4-10-32"Trust instrument" 30-4-10-33Fiduciary duty 30-4-10-34Liability for an action or failure to act by a trustee or person 30-4-10-35Authorized fiduciary; notice of intent to exercise decanting power 30-4-10-36Notice requirements 30-4-10-37Effect of notice on exercise of decanting power 30-4-10-38Notice to a person authorized to represent another person 30-4-10-39Petition to determine the permissibility of the decanting power; judicial modification of fiduciary compensation 30-4-10-40Exercise of decanting power; written record 30-4-10-41Exercise of decanting power and distributive discretion; limitations; general or nongeneral appointment 30-4-10-42Limited distributive discretion 30-4-10-43Beneficiary with a disability 30-4-10-44Determinable charitable interest; authority of the attorney general 30-4-10-45First-trust instrument restriction on decanting power 30-4-10-46Compensation of authorized fiduciary 30-4-10-47Second-trust instrument; liability of authorized fiduciary 30-4-10-48Modification of the first-trust instrument 30-4-10-49Applicable rules 30-4-10-50Duration of second trust; property attributable to both first trust and second trust 30-4-10-51Discretionary distribution 30-4-10-52Second-trust instrument; noncompliant provision; corrective action for exercise of decanting power on a noncompliant provision 30-4-10-53Animal trust 30-4-10-54Reference to trust instrument or terms of trust instrument 30-4-10-55Decanting power of a settlor of a first trust; settlor intent of second trust 30-4-10-56Property discovered after distribution of the first trust 30-4-10-57Liability against property of a first trust 30-4-10-58Uniformity of the law 30-4-10-59Interpretation with respect to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act 30-4-10-60Severability
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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