Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.18 – Methods and forms for creating custodial trusts
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.18
- Adult: means an individual who has attained the age of eighteen years. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Beneficiary: means an individual for whom property has been transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee for the individual's use and benefit under this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Custodial trust property: means an interest in property transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee under this Chapter and the income from and proceeds of that interest. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Custodial trustee: means a person designated as trustee of a custodial trust under this Chapter or a substitute or successor to the person designated. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Donee: The recipient of a gift.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Transferor: means a person who creates a custodial trust by transfer or declaration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Trust company: means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2260.1
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
A. If a transaction, including a declaration with respect to or a transfer of specific property, otherwise satisfies applicable law, the criteria of La. Rev. Stat. 9:2260.2 are satisfied by either of the following:
(1) The execution and either delivery to the custodial trustee or recording of an instrument in substantially the following form:
“TRANSFER UNDER THE LOUISIANA
UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACT
I, _______________(name of transferor or name and representative capacity if a fiduciary), transfer to _______________(name of trustee other than transferor), as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) as beneficiary and _______________as distributee on termination of the trust in absence of direction by the beneficiary under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act, the following: (insert a description of the custodial trust property legally sufficient to identify and transfer each item of property).
Dated:____________________
_________________________
(Signature)”
(2) The execution and the recording or giving notice of its execution to the beneficiary of an instrument in substantially the following form:
“DECLARATION OF TRUST UNDER THE LOUISIANA
UNIFORM CUSTODIAL TRUST ACT
I, _______________(name of owner of property), declare that henceforth I hold as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary other than transferor) as beneficiary and _______________as distributee on termination of the trust in absence of direction by the beneficiary under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act, the following: (insert a description of the custodial trust property legally sufficient to identify and transfer each item of property).
Dated:____________________
_________________________
(Signature)”
B. Customary methods of transferring or evidencing ownership of property may be used to create a custodial trust, including any of the following:
(1) Registration of a security in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
(2) Delivery of a certificated security, or a document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security, together with any necessary endorsement, to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodial trustee, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form prescribed in Paragraph A(1).
(3) Payment of money or transfer of a security held in the name of a broker or a financial institution or its nominee to a broker or financial institution for credit to an account in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
(4) Registration of ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract with the issuer in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act.”
(5) Delivery of a written assignment to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company whose name in the assignment is designated in substance by the words: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
(6) Irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment, pursuant to its terms, in favor of a trust company, an adult other than the donee of the power, or the donee who holds the power if the beneficiary is other than the donee, whose name in the appointment is designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
(7) Delivery of a written notification or assignment of a right to future payment under a contract to an obligor which transfers the right under the contract to a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, whose name in the notification or assignment is designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
(8) Execution, delivery, and recordation of a conveyance of an interest in real property in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
(9) Issuance of a certificate of title by an agency of a state or of the United States which evidences title to tangible personal property which is either:
(a) Issued in the name of a trust company, an adult other than the transferor, or the transferor if the beneficiary is other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”; or
(b) Delivered to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor or endorsed by the transferor to that person, designated in substance: “custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
(10) Execution and delivery of an instrument of gift to a trust company or an adult other than the transferor, designated in substance: “as custodial trustee for _______________(name of beneficiary) under the Louisiana Uniform Custodial Trust Act”.
Acts 1995, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.