New Mexico § 46-12-123 - Trust for care of animal
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 46-12-123 — Trust for care of animal, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46-12-123. Trust for care of animal
A. As used in this section: (1) “ animal trust ” means a trust or an interest in a trust created to provide for the care of one or
more animals; and (2) “ protector ” means a person appointed in an animal trust to enforce the trust on behalf of the
animal or, if no such person is appointed in the trust, a person appointed by the
court for that purpose. B. The decanting power may be exercised over an animal trust that has a protector
to the extent that the trust could be decanted under the Uniform Trust Decanting Act
as if each animal that benefits from the trust were an individual if the protector
consents in a signed record to the exercise of the power. C. A protector for an animal has the rights under the Uniform Trust Decanting Act
of a qualified beneficiary. D. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Uniform Trust Decanting Act, if a first
trust is an animal trust, in an exercise of the decanting power, the second trust
shall provide that trust property may be applied only to its intended purpose for
the period the first trust benefited the animal.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46-12-123 ("Trust for care of animal") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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