| §402. Requirements for creation |
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| | 1.__Requirements.__A trust is created only if: |
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| A.__The settlor has capacity to create a trust; |
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| B.__The settlor indicates an intention to create the trust; |
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| C.__The trust has a definite beneficiary or is: |
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| (2)__A trust for the care of an animal, as provided in | section 408; or |
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| (3)__A trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided | in section 409; |
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| D.__The trustee has duties to perform; and |
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| E.__The same person is not the sole trustee and sole | beneficiary. |
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| | 2.__Definite beneficiary.__A beneficiary is definite if the | beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to | any applicable rule against perpetuities. |
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| | 3.__Power to select beneficiary; failure of power.__A power in | a trustee to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is | valid.__If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, | the power fails and the property subject to the power passes to | the persons who would have taken the property had the power not | been conferred. |
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| §403.__Trusts created in other jurisdictions |
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| | A trust not created by will is validly created if its creation | complies with the law of the jurisdiction in which the trust | instrument was executed or the law of the jurisdiction in which | at the time of creation: |
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| | 1.__Settlor.__The settlor was domiciled, had a place of abode | or was a national; |
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| | 2.__Trustee.__A trustee was domiciled or had a place of | business; or |
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| | 3.__Trust property.__Any trust property was located. |
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