Vermont § 2329 - Testamentary additions to trusts; pour over trusts

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 2329 — Testamentary additions to trusts; pour over trusts, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 2329. Testamentary additions to trusts; pour over trusts

  • A devise or bequest, the validity of which is determinable by the law of this State,
    may be made by a will to the trustee or trustees of a trust established or to be established
    by the testator or by the testator and some other person or persons or by some other
    person or persons, including a funded or unfunded life insurance trust, although the
    trustor has reserved any or all rights of ownership of the insurance contracts, if
    the trust is identified in the testator’s will and its terms are set forth in a written
    instrument, other than a will, executed before or concurrently with the execution
    of the testator’s will or in the valid last will of a person who has predeceased the
    testator, regardless of the existence, size, or character of the corpus of the trust.

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 2329 ("Testamentary additions to trusts; pour over trusts") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. 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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