Sec. 2. (Transfers by the Trustee to Third Persons)

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

  • Breach of trust: means a violation by the trustee of any duty which is owed to the settlor or beneficiary. 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
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • 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, in transferring an interest in trust property to a third party, the trustee is not committing a breach of trust, the transferee holds the interest free of the trust and incures no liability to the beneficiary.

     (b) A third person, to whom an interest in trust property is transferred by the trustee in breach of trust, takes his interest free of the trust if he:

     (1) takes for value and without notice of the breach of trust; and

     (2) is not taking part in what he knows to be an illegal transaction.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.416, SEC.5.