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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 59-16.2-08

  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

1.    Existing and future trusts that appoint or provide for a directing party including a party granted power or authority effectively comparable in substance to that of a directing party as provided in this chapter; or

2.    An existing or future trusts that:

a.    Are modified in accordance with applicable law or the terms of the governing instrument to appoint or provide for a directing party; or

b.    Are modified to appoint or provide for a directing party, including a party granted power or authority effectively comparable in substance to that of a directing party, in accordance with a court order, or a nonjudicial settlement agreement whether the order or agreement specifies this chapter governs the responsibilities, actions, and liabilities of persons designated as a directing party or excluded fiduciary.