(1) If a fiduciary makes or expects to make an income disbursement described in Subsection (2), the fiduciary may transfer an appropriate amount from principal to income in one or more accounting periods to reimburse income.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 75A-5-504

  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary: includes :
         (8)(a) a trustee, trust director as defined in Section 75-12-102, personal representative, life tenant, holder of a term interest, and person acting under a delegation from a fiduciary;
         (8)(b) a person that holds property for a successor beneficiary whose interest may be affected by an allocation of receipts and expenditures between income and principal; and
         (8)(c) if there are two or more co-fiduciaries, all co-fiduciaries acting under the terms of the trust and applicable law. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Income: includes a part of receipts from a sale, exchange, or liquidation of a principal asset to the extent provided in Part 4, Allocation of Receipts. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Income interest: includes the right of a current beneficiary to use property held by a fiduciary. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Principal: means property held in trust for distribution to, production of income for, or use by a current or successor beneficiary. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Successive interest: means the interest of a successor beneficiary. See Utah Code 75A-5-102
(2) To the extent the fiduciary has not been and does not expect to be reimbursed by a third party, income disbursements to which Subsection (1) applies include:

     (2)(a) an amount chargeable to principal but paid from income because principal is illiquid;
     (2)(b) a disbursement made to prepare property for sale, including improvements and commissions; and
     (2)(c) a disbursement described in Subsection 75A-5-502(1).
(3) If an asset whose ownership gives rise to an income disbursement becomes subject to a successive interest after an income interest ends, the fiduciary may continue to make transfers under Subsection (1).