Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2011 – General rule
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2011
- 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
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
A revocable trust instrument need not designate the beneficiaries upon the creation of the trust but may instead provide a method whereby they are determined at a later date, but no later than the date when the trust becomes irrevocable. A beneficiary thus determined may be a person who is not in being when the trust is created, as long as he is in being when the beneficiaries are determined. If beneficiaries are thus determined, any provision in this Code that refers to persons in existence at the creation of the trust shall be deemed to refer to persons in existence at the time when the beneficiaries are determined under the trust instrument. The interest of the beneficiary may be conditioned upon the beneficiary surviving the settlor for a period of time permitted by Civil Code Article 1521.
Acts 1988, No. 589, §1; Acts 1989, No. 112, §1; Acts 1995, No. 413, §1; Acts 2010, No. 390, §1.