Sec. 14. (Assignment of Beneficiary‘s Interest)

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 30-4-2-14

  • 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
  • Beneficiary: has the meaning set forth in IC 30-2-14-2. See Indiana Code 30-4-1-2
  • Person: has the meaning set forth in IC 30-2-14-9. See Indiana Code 30-4-1-2
  • Trust property: means property either placed in trust or purchased or otherwise acquired by the trustee for the trust regardless of whether the trust property is titled in the name of the trustee or the name of the trust. See Indiana Code 30-4-1-2
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: has the meaning set forth in IC 30-2-14-13. See Indiana Code 30-4-1-2
     (a) If the terms of the trust give the trustee the power to sell the trust property upon direction by the beneficiary or other person or to sell it after a stipulated period of time in the absence of a direction as provided in 30-4-2-13, the beneficiary may treat his interest as personal property and may assign it to any person notwithstanding the provisions of 30-4-2-7(c).

     (b) The trustee will be bound by an assignment made under subsection (a) of this section only after he receives written notice of it.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.416, SEC.3.

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