Sec. 31. (a) This section is enacted for the purpose of confirming the power of Indiana courts to modify trusts for a benevolent public purpose, and transfers not in trust as described in Section 170(f)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, to effect compliance with Sections 170, 664, 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code so that these trusts and transfers may obtain the income tax exemption afforded by Section 664 of the Internal Revenue Code and donors or other contributors of gifts or contributions to these trusts and transfers may secure the income, estate, and gift tax charitable deductions granted by Sections 170, 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) Upon petition, any court of general or probate jurisdiction in Indiana may, in its discretion, modify the instrument of an inter vivos or testamentary trust for a benevolent public purpose, or transfer not in trust as described in Section 170(f)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, so that the trust or transfer complies with and conforms to the provisions of Sections 170, 664, 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder from the date of the trust's or transfer's creation, if consent to the modification is given by:

(1) all beneficiaries of the trust or transfer; and

(2) the settlor of the trust or transfer if the settlor is living at the date of modification.

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.294, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.301, SEC.1; Acts 1982, P.L.180, SEC.1; P.L.2-1987, SEC.46; P.L.41-2000, SEC.4.