California Probate Code 3912 – (a) A custodian shall do all of the following:(1) Take …
(a) A custodian shall do all of the following:
(1) Take control of custodial property.
Terms Used In California Probate Code 3912
- Beneficiary: means a person to whom a donative transfer of property is made or that person's successor in interest, and:
California Probate Code 24
- 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
- Parent: means any individual entitled to take as a parent under this code by intestate succession from the child whose relationship is involved. See California Probate Code 54
- Person: means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other entity. See California Probate Code 56
- Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Probate Code 62
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Transferor: means the testator, settlor, grantor, owner, or other person who executes an instrument. See California Probate Code 81
(2) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate.
(3) Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property.
(b) In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries except that:
(1) If a custodian is not compensated for his or her services, the custodian is not liable for losses to custodial property unless they result from the custodian’s bad faith, intentional wrongdoing, or gross negligence, or from the custodian’s failure to maintain the standard of prudence in investing the custodial property provided in this section.
(2) A custodian, in the custodian’s discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor’s estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.
(c) A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on (1) the life of the minor only if the minor or the minor’s estate is the sole beneficiary or (2) the life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor’s estate, or the custodian in the capacity of custodian, is the irrevocable beneficiary.
(d) A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor. Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor’s interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed. Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded, and custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered, or held in an account designated, in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words:
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“as a custodian for _____ (Name of Minor) _____ |
under the California Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.”
(e) A custodian shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor’s tax returns, and shall make them available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor or by the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years.
(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)