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3.__Report.__A trustee shall send to the distributees or
permissible distributees of trust income or principal, and to
other qualified beneficiaries who request it, at least annually
and at the termination of the trust, a report of the trust
property, liabilities, receipts and disbursements, including the
source and amount of the trustee's compensation, a listing of the
trust assets and, if feasible, their respective market values and
tax bases.__Upon a vacancy in a trusteeship, unless a cotrustee
remains in office, a report must be sent to the qualified
beneficiaries by the former trustee. A personal representative of
a deceased trustee or a conservator of the estate or, if no
conservator has been appointed, a guardian of an incapacitated
trustee may send qualified beneficiaries a report on behalf of a
deceased or incapacitated trustee.

 
4.__Waiver.__A beneficiary may waive the right to a trustee's
report or other information otherwise required to be furnished
under this section.__A beneficiary, with respect to future
reports and other information, may withdraw a waiver previously
given.

 
§814.__Discretionary powers; tax savings

 
1.__Discretionary power; interests of beneficiaries.__
Notwithstanding the breadth of discretion granted to a trustee in
the terms of the trust, including the use of such terms as
"absolute," "sole" or "uncontrolled," the trustee shall exercise
a discretionary power in good faith and in accordance with the
terms and purposes of the trust and the interests of the
beneficiaries.__A trustee's power to make distributions is
discretionary notwithstanding terms of the trust providing that
the trustee "shall" make distributions exercising a discretionary
power, with or without standards.

 
2.__Discretionary distributions.__Subject to subsection 4, and
unless the terms of the trust expressly indicate that a rule in
this subsection does not apply:

 
A.__A person other than a settlor who is a beneficiary and
trustee of a trust that confers on the trustee a power to
make discretionary distributions to or for the trustee's
personal benefit may exercise the power only in accordance
with an ascertainable standard relating to the trustee's
individual health, education, support or maintenance within
the meaning of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
Section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 2514(c)(1), as in effect on July 1,
2005, or as later amended; and


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