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B.__A trustee may not exercise a power to make discretionary
distributions to satisfy a legal obligation of support that
the trustee personally owes another person.

 
3.__Cotrustees; special fiduciary.__A power whose exercise is
limited or prohibited by subsection 2 may be exercised by a
majority of the remaining trustees whose exercise of the power is
not so limited or prohibited.__If the power of all trustees is so
limited or prohibited, the court may appoint a special fiduciary
with authority to exercise the power.

 
4.__Exceptions.__Subsection 2 does not apply to:

 
A.__A power held by the settlor's spouse who is the trustee
of a trust for which a marital deduction, as defined in the
federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 2056(b)(5) or
2523(e), as in effect on July 1, 2005, or as later amended,
was previously allowed;

 
B.__Any trust during any period that the trust may be
revoked or amended by its settlor; or

 
C.__A trust if contributions to the trust qualify for the
annual exclusion under the federal Internal Revenue Code of
1986, Section 2503(c) as in effect on July 1, 2005, or as
later amended.

 
§815.__General powers of trustee

 
1.__General powers.__A trustee, without authorization by the
court, may exercise:

 
A.__Powers conferred by the terms of the trust; and

 
B.__Except as limited by the terms of the trust:

 
(1)__All powers over the trust property that an
unmarried competent owner has over individually owned
property;

 
(2)__Any other powers appropriate to achieve the proper
investment, management and distribution of the trust
property; and

 
(3)__Any other powers conferred by this Code.

 
2.__Subject to fiduciary duties.__The exercise of a power is
subject to the fiduciary duties prescribed by this chapter.

 
§816.__Specific powers of trustee


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