- (1) "Action," with respect to an act of a trustee, includes a failure to act.
- (2) "Charitable trust" means a trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable purpose described in Subsection 75B-2-405(1).
- (3) "Environmental law" means a federal, state, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance relating to protection of the environment.
- (4) "Interests of the beneficiaries" means the beneficial interests provided in the terms of the trust.
- (5) "Jurisdiction," with respect to a geographic area, includes a state or country.
- (6) "Power of withdrawal" means a presently exercisable general power of appointment other than a power exercisable only upon consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.
- (7) "Proceeding" means the same as that term is defined in Section 75-1-201.
(8) "Qualified beneficiary" means a beneficiary who, on the date the beneficiary's qualification is determined:
- (a) is a current distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal; or
- (b) would be a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal if the trust terminated on that date.
(9) "Resident estate" means:
- (a) an estate of a decedent who at death was domiciled in this state;
- (b) a trust, or a portion of a trust, consisting of property transferred by will of a decedent who at the time of the decedent's death was domiciled in this state; or
- (c) a trust administered in this state.
- (10) "Resident trust" means a resident estate.
- (11) "Revocable," as applied to a trust, means revocable by the settlor without the consent of the trustee or a person holding an adverse interest.
- (12) "Spendthrift provision" means a term of a trust which restrains both voluntary and involuntary transfer or encumbrance of a beneficiary's interest.
(13) "Terms of a trust" means:
(a) except as otherwise provided in Subsection (13)(b), the manifestation of the settlor's intent regarding a trust's provisions as:
- (i) expressed in the trust instrument; or
- (ii) established by other evidence that would be admissible in a judicial proceeding; or
(b) the trust's provisions as established, determined, or amended by:
- (i) a trustee or trust director in accordance with the applicable law;
- (ii) court order; or
- (iii) a nonjudicial settlement agreement under Section 75B-2-110.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 310, 2025 General Session