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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-9a,307

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(a) A unitrust policy must provide the method for determining the fair market value of an asset for the purpose of determining the unitrust amount, including:

(1) The frequency of valuing the asset, which need not require a valuation in every period; and

(2) the date for valuing the asset in each period in which the asset is valued.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. 2023 Supp. 58-9a-309(b)(2), and amendments thereto, a unitrust policy may provide methods for determining the amount of the net fair market value of the trust to take into account in determining the applicable value, including:

(1) Obtaining an appraisal of an asset for which fair market value is not readily available;

(2) exclusion of specific assets or groups or types of assets;

(3) other exceptions or modifications of the treatment of specific assets or groups or types of assets;

(4) identification and treatment of cash or property held for distribution;

(5) use of:

(A) An average of fair market values over a stated number of preceding periods; or

(B) another mathematical blend of fair market values over a stated number of preceding periods;

(6) a limit on how much the applicable value of all assets, groups of assets, or individual assets may increase over:

(A) The corresponding applicable value for the preceding period; or

(B) a mathematical blend of applicable values over a stated number of preceding periods;

(7) a limit on how much the applicable value of all assets, groups of assets, or individual assets may decrease below:

(A) The corresponding applicable value for the preceding period; or

(B) a mathematical blend of applicable values over a stated number of preceding periods;

(8) the treatment of accrued income and other features of an asset that affect value; and

(9) determining the liabilities of the trust, including treatment of liabilities to conform with the treatment of assets under paragraphs (1) through (8).