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4. COMMON REASONS TO DECANT:<br />

a. Modifying powers of appointment;<br />

b. Amending administrative provisions of a trust;<br />

c. Adding spendthrift protections;<br />

d. Adding (or removing) grantor trust provisions;<br />

e. Qualifying a trust as a qualified subchapter S trust, a QDOT, an IRA conduit trust, etc.;<br />

f. Combining trusts for greater efficiencies;<br />

g. Separating trusts to allow investment philosophies to be "fine-tuned" for beneficiaries;<br />

h. Segregating higher risk assets;<br />

i. Avoiding state and local taxes;<br />

j. Reducing distribution rights for Medicaid eligibility planning purposes;<br />

k. Amending trustee succession provisions, removing or replacing a trustee;<br />

l. Extending the term of a trust;<br />

m. Changing the governing law provisions of a trust;<br />

n. Correcting a scrivener's error or ambiguity;<br />

o. Decanting a beneficiary's share of a trust to a supplemental needs trust in order to<br />

preserve or obtain eligibility for public benefits;<br />

p. Combing, segregating or otherwise improving irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs)<br />

and credit shelter trusts;<br />

q. Dynasty trusts, although less common, are also excellent candidates for decanting. 171<br />

5. CONCLUSION<br />

Modern trust laws, such as directed trust structures and asset protection, have made decanting an<br />

appealing option for many clients.<br />

171 Thomas E. Simmons, Decanting and Its Alternatives: Remodeling and Revamping Irrevocable <strong>Trust</strong>s, 55 S.D. L.<br />

REV. 253 (2010).<br />

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