(a) Obligations of a custodial trustee, including the obligation to follow directions of the beneficiary, arise under sections 529.01 to 529.19 upon the custodial trustee’s acceptance, express or implied, of the custodial trust property.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 529.04

  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(b) The custodial trustee’s acceptance may be evidenced by a writing stating in substance:

CUSTODIAL TRUSTEE’S RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE

I, …….. (name of custodial trustee) acknowledge receipt of the custodial trust property described below or in the attached instrument and accept the custodial trust as custodial trustee for ……. (name of beneficiary) under the Minnesota Uniform Custodial Trust Act. I undertake to administer and distribute the custodial trust property pursuant to the Minnesota Uniform Custodial Trust Act. My obligations as custodial trustee are subject to the directions of the beneficiary unless the beneficiary is designated as, is, or becomes incapacitated. The custodial trust property consists of ……………………

Dated: .
.
(signature of custodial trustee)

(c) Upon accepting custodial trust property, a person designated as custodial trustee under sections 529.01 to 529.19 is subject to personal jurisdiction of the court with respect to any matter relating to the custodial trust.