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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 2402

  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

§ 2402. Probate Division of the Superior Court may appoint trustees; duties

(a) When, under the provisions of a will probated in another state or country, or of a decree of a court of another state or country, a devise, legacy, gift, or trust belongs to or for the benefit of a class or classes of beneficiaries in this State, whose members are not all ascertained or definitely ascertainable, or is appropriated or devoted to any purpose or benefit in which the public or a class of the public in this State is interested, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may appoint one or more trustees to take charge of the payment and distribution of the devise, legacy, gift, or trust under the will or decree.

(b) The trustee or trustees shall give bonds and render accounts annually of all transactions to the Probate Division of the Superior Court and shall be subject to the same liabilities, and the court shall have the same power as in case of other trustees appointed by the Probate Division of the Superior Court. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 114; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)