For the purposes of § 55-2-15, a beneficiary shall be considered to have the power to “change the trustees” if he or she can, alone or with others, name himself or herself as a trustee or can remove a trustee and replace that trustee with a new trustee who is the beneficiary or who is related or subordinate (as defined in § 672 of the I.R.C.) to the beneficiary.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 55-2-17

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Source: SL 2007, ch 281, § 3; SL 2009, ch 252, § 18.