Terms Used In Missouri Laws 456.026

  • 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: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

For purposes of determining whether a trust that is subject to the rule against perpetuities violates said rule, if there is only one beneficiary of the trust who is entitled or eligible to receive distributions of income or principal from the trust, such beneficiary holds a general power of appointment over the trust, and no other person has a power to appoint any part of the trust to anyone other than the beneficiary, then the beneficiary has a vested interest in the trust, regardless of whether such general power is presently exercisable or is exercisable only at the powerholder’s death.