Sec. 23. (a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property payable or transferable upon a future event may create a custodial trust upon the occurrence of the future event by designating in writing the recipient, followed in substance by: “as custodial trustee for _______________ (name of beneficiary) under the Indiana uniform custodial trust act”.

     (b) Persons may be designated as substitute or successor custodial trustees to whom the property must be paid or transferred in the order named if the first designated custodial trustee is unable or unwilling to serve.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 30-2-8.6-23

  • custodial trustee: means a person designated as:

    Indiana Code 30-2-8.6-8

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Indiana Code 30-2-8.6-13
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
     (c) A designation under this section may be made by:

(1) making the designation in:

(A) a will;

(B) a trust;

(C) a deed;

(D) a multiple party account;

(E) an insurance policy;

(F) an instrument exercising a power of appointment; or

(G) a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights; or

(2) registering the designation with or delivering the designation to the fiduciary, payor, issuer, or obligor of the future right.

As added by P.L.3-2003, SEC.1.