Section 18-13-5 Transfer to custodial trustee by fiduciary or obligor - Facility of payment.

RI Gen L § 18-13-5 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 18-13-5. Transfer to custodial trustee by fiduciary or obligor - Facility of payment. (a) Unless otherwise directed by an instrument designating a custodial trustee pursuant to § 18-13-3, a person, including a fiduciary other than a custodial trustee, who holds property of or owes a debt to an incapacitated individual not having a conservator, may make a transfer to an adult member of the beneficiary's family or to a trust company as custodial trustee for the use and benefit of the incapacitated individual. If the value of the property or the debt exceeds twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), the transfer is not effective unless authorized by the court.

(b) A written acknowledgment of delivery, signed by a custodial trustee, is a sufficient receipt and discharge for property transferred to the custodial trustee pursuant to this section.

History of Section. (P.L. 1988, ch. 623, § 1.)