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Probate & Trust Law Section Conference Manual ... - Minnesota CLE

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estate and the beneficiaries of the trust, including the right to transfer the trust<br />

assets and to remove the trustee in the old situs, and to have a trustee appointed<br />

at the new situs. Following the change of situs, the administration of the trust<br />

shall be governed by the laws of the state (or country) of the new situs, but the<br />

interpretation and construction of the trust with respect to the distributive rights of<br />

the beneficiaries shall continue to be governed by the laws of the State of _______.<br />

13. Divisions. The trustees shall have the discretion to create a separate<br />

trust for each beneficiary, and to divide the trust along family lines to be<br />

administered as separate trusts. The trustees shall also have the discretion to<br />

create a separate trust as to any share or portion of a trust disclaimed by a<br />

beneficiary, and to sever the disclaimed portion to be administered as a separate<br />

trust. In addition, the trustees shall have the discretion to divide a trust so as to<br />

qualify one of the separate trusts as a qualified S corporation shareholder or as any<br />

other type of special trust provided for under the Code. Further, the trustees shall<br />

have the discretion to divide any trust or trust share into two or more separate<br />

trusts for tax planning purposes or because of changed circumstances, litigation<br />

among beneficiaries, administrative difficulties, or other reasons suggesting a need<br />

for a division. The allocation of property between or among separate trusts created<br />

from a single trust or trust share may be unequal in amount and in the type of<br />

assets, and the division may be made non-pro rata.<br />

14. General <strong>Trust</strong> Purposes. The primary purposes of the <strong>Trust</strong> shall be to<br />

provide the Grantors’ great-grandchildren the opportunity to obtain a post-high<br />

school education. The secondary purposes of the <strong>Trust</strong> are to provide for medical<br />

and health needs of Grantors’ great-grandchildren and to provide for their support<br />

needs should they decide to undertake missionary activities. Additional secondary<br />

purposes of the <strong>Trust</strong> are to provide Grantors’ great-grandchildren with a down<br />

payment for a home and funds to pay for wedding expenses. It is also the<br />

Grantors’ intention that the <strong>Trust</strong> assets shall not be relied upon by any Beneficiary<br />

as a substitute for productive effort by such Beneficiary to support himself or<br />

herself. Lastly, Grantors intend to reward their great-grandchildren who exhibit<br />

good moral character and specifically those great-grandchildren who do not have<br />

record of a conviction for any alcohol or drug offenses. Grantors intend to shelter<br />

the <strong>Trust</strong> property from generation-skipping transfer taxes. If there appears to be<br />

any ambiguity or conflict in the provisions of this <strong>Trust</strong>, such provisions shall be<br />

construed and applied to give effect to these intentions.<br />

15. Multiple Beneficiaries. In making discretionary distributions to any<br />

Beneficiary where there is more than one permissible Beneficiary, the distributions<br />

need not be equal among the Beneficiaries (and may be made to one Beneficiary to<br />

the exclusion of the others) and shall not be charged against the ultimate<br />

distributive share of any Beneficiary on termination of the <strong>Trust</strong>.<br />

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