A trustee may make payment of any sum distributable to a minor or other beneficiary under legal disability, without liability to himself, by paying the sum in any one or more of the following ways:

1. (1) Directly to the beneficiary;
2. (2) To the conservator of the beneficiary;
3. (3) Directly for the maintenance, education and general welfare of the beneficiary;
4. (4) To a parent of the beneficiary; or
5. (5) To anyone who has custody and care of the person of the beneficiary.

Source: SL 1979, ch 336 , § 29; SL 1993, ch 213 , § 253.