New Jersey § 3b:31-34
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 3b:31-34, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3b:31-34.
Combination and Division of Trusts. a. Subject to subsection b. of this section, (1) the trustees of two or more trusts or parts of trusts may combine the trusts or
parts thereof into a single trust, even if such trusts or parts thereof are created
by different settlors or under different instruments, and even if the trusts have
different trustees; and (2) the trustees of a single trust may divide the trust into two or more separate
trusts, in which case distributions provided by the governing instrument may be made
from one or more of the separate trusts. b. A combination or division under this section may be effected only if the result
does not impair rights of any beneficiary or adversely affect the achievement of the
purposes of the trust.
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