Irrevocable Trust Agreement with Joint Trustors for Benefit
of their Children with Spendthrift Trust Provisions
This Trust Agreement is made on _________________ ( date) , between
_____________________________ (Names of Trustors) of ________________
(Name of County) County, State of _____________, hereinafter referred to as the
Trustors , and ____________________ (Name of Trustee) , a banking corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States with its principal office
located at _____________________________________________________________
_______________ (street address, city, state, zip code) . This Trust shall be
governed and administered in accordance with the following terms and provisions:
1. Transfer into Trust
The Trustors, in consideration of the agreements and undertakings set forth
below made and assumed by the Trustee, and other valuable consideration, does
assign, convey, and set over to the Trustee and the Trustee's successors the property
listed and described in Schedule A , which is attached and incorporated by reference.
The Trustee is authorized to and agrees that it will receive and hold that property and
such additional property as may be transferred, assigned, or bequeathed to the Trustee
from time to time by any person or organization, to become a part of the principal of the
Trust created by this Agreement, and all investments and reinvestments of the same
and income for the uses as set forth below.
2. Additions to Trust
Any person may, from time to time, with the consent of Trustee, by conveyance,
assignment, transfer, or will, add property of any kind to the Trust Estate, or any part of
it, which shall then be subject to all the terms and provisions of this Trust.
3. Payment of Expenses
Trustee shall pay or reserve sufficient funds to pay all expenses of management
and administration of the Trust Estate, including the compensation of Trustee, all or any
part of which may, in the discretion of Trustee, be charged either to income or principal
of the Trust Estate.
4. Net Income
The income of the Trust remaining after the payment by Trustee of expenses
authorized in Section 3 and charged to income, shall be and is referred to as net
income.
5. Income to Trustors
The net income shall be distributed to or for the use and benefit of Trustors,
_______________________________________________ (Names of Trustors) , while
both are alive, in (e.g., monthly or quarterly) ________________ installments.
6. Funeral Expenses
On the death of either Trustor, Trustee shall pay the expenses of deceased
Trustor's illness and funeral, from either income or principal of the Trust property at the
discretion of the Trustee, unless other adequate provisions have been made for those
expenses.
7. Income to Survivor
On the death of either Trustor, the net income shall be distributed to or for the
use and benefit of the surviving Trustor, in convenient installments, not less frequently
than (e.g., monthly or quarterly) ___________________, during his or her lifetime.
8. Termination and Distribution of Trust Estate
This Trust shall cease and terminate on the death of the surviving Trustor. On
such termination the entire Trust Estate, including principal and any accrued or
undistributed net income on the principal, shall be distributed to the children of Trustors,
__________________________________________ (names of children) , share and
share alike. If a child predeceases the surviving Trustor, then the children of such
deceased child shall take such deceased child's share, per stirpes. If any such child
predeceases the surviving Trustor leaving no living lawful descendants, the Trust, to the
extent not appointed as provided below, shall go to the surviving children.
9. Powers of Trustee
In addition to all other powers and discretions granted to or vested in Trustee by
law or by this instrument, Trustee shall have the following powers and discretions:
A. To do all such acts, take all such proceedings, and exercise all such rights
and privileges in the management of the Trust Estate as if Trustee were the
absolute owner of the Trust Estate, including but not limited to the following:
B. To hold, manage, operate, control, repair, preserve, improve, partition,
divide, subdivide, sell (at public or private sale and for cash or on credit), convey,
exchange, convert, grant options on, or otherwise deal with Trust property;
C. To lease for terms either within or beyond the duration of this Trust
including oil, gas, and other mineral leases, on such terms as Trustee may deem
proper; and to enter into pooling, utilization, community, and other types of
Agreements relating to the development, operation, and conservation of mineral
properties;
D. To loan, re-loan, invest, and reinvest the Trust Estate or any part of it;
E. To vote stock, give proxies, pay calls for assessments, sell or exercise
stock subscriptions or conversion rights, participate in foreclosures,
reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, liquidations, pooling agreements, and
voting trusts, assent to corporate sales and other acts and, in connection with the
same, to deposit securities with and transfer title to any protective or other
committee under such terms as Trustee may deem advisable;
F. To hold securities or other property in Trustee's own name or in the name
of its nominee, without disclosing any fiduciary relation;
G. To procure and carry at the expense of the Trust Estate insurance of any
kind and in such form and amount as Trustee deems advisable to protect Trustee
and the Trust Estate against any hazard;
H. To borrow money for any Trust purpose, hypothecate the Trust Estate or
any part of it and replace, renew, and extend any encumbrance on it, on such
terms, conditions, and security as may be determined by Trustee and to pay
loans or other obligations of the Trust Estate, as Trustee in its discretion deems
advisable.
I. Trustee in its discretion is authorized to hold and retain any securities,
properties, or other investments for such length of time as Trustee deems
advisable including shares of the Trustee or any affiliated or related corporation .
J. In investing and reinvesting money and property of this Trust and in
acquiring, retaining, selling, exchanging, and managing investments, Trustee
shall exercise care and judgment under the circumstances then prevailing, which
persons of ordinary prudence and reasonable discretion exercise in the
management of their own affairs, considering the probable income as well as the
probable safety of their capital. Within the limitations of the foregoing standard,
Trustee is authorized to acquire every kind of property, real, personal, or mixed,
and every kind of investment, specifically including, but not by way of limitation, :
participation in any common trust funds administered by Trustee , corporate
obligations of every kind and stocks, preferred or common, and interests in
investment trusts and mutual funds, which persons of prudence, discretion, and
intelligence acquire for their own account.
K. The Trustee shall have full power and authority to invest and reinvest the
principal of the trust in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the
Trustee may see fit; to sell, ex change, pledge, mortgage or otherwise dispose of
any property, real or personal, originally or subsequently acquired; to retain and
hold in unchanged form any property, real or personal, coming into its hands; to
rent or lease any of the properties embraced within the Trust, upon such terms
and conditions as the Trustee deems advisable; to make all determinations
respecting division, allot ments and distributions of income and principal to the
bene fi ciaries; to pay taxes of every kind existing against the trust property; and to
do all other acts which, in the judgment of the Trustee, may be neces sary or
appropriate for the proper and advantageous manage ment, investment and
distribution of the Trust Estate to the same extent as though it were the sole
owner of the Trust property. In addition, the Trustee shall have all of the powers
granted by the Uniform Trustees' Powers Law, of the State of _____________
(name of state) as now enacted or hereafter amended, reference to which
statute is hereby made for all pur poses.
L. Neither the principal nor the income of the Trust fund, nor any part of
same, shall be liable for the debts of any bene ficiary hereunder, nor shall the
same be subject to seizure by any creditor of any beneficiary hereunder, and no
beneficiary hereunder shall have any power to sell, assign, transfer, or in any
manner to anticipate or dispose of his or her interest in the Trust fund, or any part
of same, or the income produced from said fund or any part of same.
M. The Trust hereinbefore created is a private trust, and the Trustee shall not
be required to obtain the order or approval of any court for the exercise of any
power or discretion herein given. The Trustee is hereby authorized to receive
and retain for its services in administering the trust reasonable fees and compen -
sation in accordance with that which is customarily and generally charged for
performing trust services of the nature involved in said Trust.
10. Determination of Principal and Income
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this instrument, Trustee in its discretion
may determine what is principal or income and what shall be charged or credited to
either, and its judgment shall bind everyone beneficially interested under this
Agreement.
11. Invasion of Principal
If Trustee deems the net income payable under this Agreement not sufficient to
provide for the reasonable care, support, maintenance, education, and recreation of
Trustors, taking into consideration any other income and financial resources of Trustors
as far as is known to Trustee, Trustee may as often as it deems necessary, pay to or
apply for the use and benefit of Trustors such additional part, up to and including the
whole, of the principal of the Trust Estate or, if the Trust Estate has been apportioned
into shares, of the principal of the respective Trust of the beneficiary, all as Trustee in its
sole and absolute discretion believes will be in the best interests and will tend to
promote the welfare of Trustors, including but not limited to the specific power to
disburse funds to or for the use and benefit of Trustors for the purpose of acquiring a
home or an equity in a home.
12. Minor and Incompetent Beneficiaries
If at any time or from time to time any beneficiary entitled to receive income or
principal under this Agreement shall be a minor, or in the absolute judgment of Trustee,
mentally or physically incompetent (regardless of whether legally so adjudicated),
Trustee may make any such payments, in its discretion, in one or more of the following
ways:
A. Directly to the beneficiary,
B. To the natural guardian, or the legally appointed guardian or other
fiduciary of the person or estate of the beneficiary,
C. To any person or organization furnishing care, support, maintenance, or
education to the beneficiary, or
D. By making expenditures directly for the care, support, maintenance,
education, or recreation of the beneficiary. Trustee shall not be required to see to
the application of any funds so paid or applied and the receipt of the payee shall
be a full discharge of Trustee. The decision of Trustee as to direct payments or
application of funds shall be conclusive and binding on all parties in interest.
13. Compromise of Claims
Trustee may, at its option, at any time, in connection with its management of the
Trust Estate or the collection of any moneys due or payable to it as Trustee,
compromise or abandon any claims existing in favor of or against the Trust Estate.
14. Division or Distribution in Cash or in Kind
On any distribution, Trustee may apportion and allocate the assets of the Trust
Estate in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, or in undivided interests, in
such manner as Trustee in its discretion deems advisable. Trustee may sell such
property as it deems necessary to make any such division or distribution.
15. Payment of Taxes
Taxes shall be paid and charged by Trustee as follows:
A. Death Taxes. On the death of Trustors, any estate, inheritance,
succession, or other death taxes, duties, charges, or assessments, together with
interest, penalties, costs, Trustee's compensation, and attorney fees, which shall
become due by reason of the Trust Estate or any interest in the Estate being
includible for such tax purposes, may be paid by Trustee from the Trust Estate,
unless other adequate provision has been made.
B. Gift Taxes. If at any time any gift tax becomes due from either Trustor by
reason of the Trust Estate or any interest in the Trust Estate being includible for
such tax purposes, the gift tax, together with interest, penalties, costs, Trustees'
compensation, and attorney fees, may be paid by Trustee from the Trust Estate,
unless other adequate provision has been made.
C. Other Taxes. Trustee shall have full power and authority to pay from the
Trust Estate any other taxes, charges, or assessments for which Trustee, the
Trust Estate, or any interest in the Trust Estate becomes liable.
D. Method of Payment. Trustee may make any such payments directly or to
a personal representative or other fiduciary. Trustee may rely on a written
statement of the fiduciary as to the amount and propriety of the taxes, interest,
penalties, and other costs, and shall be under no duty to see to the application of
any funds so paid.
16. Termination in Trustee’s Discretion
If the value of the assets held in any Trust under this Agreement at any time
becomes less than $____________, the Trust shall terminate. If the Trust, in the
absolute discretion of Trustee, becomes so sufficiently small in value that the
administration of it is no longer economically desirable, the cost of it is disproportionate
to the value of the assets, or its continuation is no longer in the best interest of the
beneficiary or beneficiaries, Trustee may terminate the Trust. On termination, Trustee
shall distribute the property of the Trust to the person or persons, and in the proportion,
then entitled to receive the Trust income, as specified in the Trust, otherwise in equal
shares.
17. Death of Beneficiary; Accrued and Undistributed Income
On the death of any beneficiary for whom a Trust is then held, any accrued or
undistributed net income shall be held and accounted for, or distributed, in the same
manner as if it had been accrued or received after the death of the beneficiary.
18. Notice of Events
Unless Trustee receives from some person interested in this Trust written notice
of any death, birth, marriage, or other event on which the right to receive income or
principal of the Trust Estate may depend, Trustee shall incur no liability for any
disbursements or distributions made or omitted in good faith.
19. Effect of Trustee’s Acts
Any instrument executed by Trustee shall be binding on all parties and on all
beneficiaries under this Agreement. No person paying money to Trustee need see to
the application of the money so paid.
20. Definitions
The words child, children, descendants, and lawful descendants, as used in this
instrument, shall include children legally adopted by Trustors or by any of their
descendants and the lawful descendants of the legally adopted children. The words
incompetent or incompetence, as used in this instrument, shall be deemed to include
not only persons who have been so declared by a court of competent jurisdiction, but
also persons for whom a guardian or other fiduciary of the person or Estate or both shall
have been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
21. Spendthrift Provision
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this instrument, all income or principal
to be paid to any of the beneficiaries shall be paid by Trustee directly and only to the
beneficiaries or to the personal representative of any beneficiary, or, where authorized
by any beneficiary, applied for his or her benefit. Trustee shall not recognize any
transfer, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, order, or assignment of any beneficiary by
way of anticipation of income or principal. The income and principal of any Trust under
this Agreement shall be exempt from the claims of creditors or other claimants, and
from orders, decrees, levies, attachments, garnishments, executions, and other legal or
equitable process or proceedings to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any creditor
or other claimant attempts by any means to subject to the satisfaction of the claim of the
creditor or claimant the interest of any beneficiary entitled by the provisions of this
Agreement to receive income or periodic payments from principal or income, or both,
then notwithstanding any other provisions, the beneficiary, during such time as the
Trustee, in its absolute discretion, shall deem the same advisable, shall not be entitled
to receive payments from the Trust; provided, however, that during the time payments
are so suspended, Trustee, in its absolute discretion, may pay to or expend for the
benefit of the beneficiary as much of the Trust net income, not to exceed the income to
which the beneficiary would otherwise be entitled, as Trustee deems necessary for the
support and education of the beneficiary in accordance with the latter's station in life.
Trustee may, however, deposit in any bank designated in writing by a beneficiary to his
or her credit income or principal payable to the beneficiary.
22. Rule against Perpetuities
No trust created by this agreement, or by the exercise of a power of appointment,
shall continue for more than (e.g., 21) _______ years after the death of the last to die of
the Trustors and the beneficiaries in being at the death of the Trustors . Any property still
held in trust at the expiration of that period shall immediately be distributed to the
persons then entitled to receive or have the benefit of the income from that trust in the
proportions in which they are entitled, or if their interests are indefinite, then in equal
shares.
23. Resignation of Trustee
Trustee, or any successor, may resign at any time on giving written notice
______ (number) days before the resignation shall take effect to Trustors then living.
After the death of both Trustors the notice is to be given to all adult beneficiaries and to
the guardians or other fiduciaries of the Estates of any minor or incompetent
beneficiaries who may then be receiving or entitled to receive income under this
Agreement.
24. Successor Trustees
On the resignation, removal, incompetency, or death of the Trustee,
____________________ (name of corporate trustee) shall become the successor
Trustee on its written acceptance of the duties of Trustee under this Agreement. On the
resignation of the corporate Trustee, those to whom notice of resignation is to be given
shall designate a successor Trustee by written notice to the resigning Trustee within
______ (number) days after receipt of the notice of resignation. In the event a
successor Trustee shall not be so designated, the resigning Trustee shall have the right
to appoint a successor Trustee or the resigning Trustee or any beneficiary of this Trust
may secure the appointment of a successor Trustee by a court of competent
jurisdiction, at the expense of the Trust Estate. The resigning Trustee shall transfer and
deliver to the successor Trustee the then entire Trust Estate and shall then be
discharged as Trustee of this Trust and shall have no further powers, discretions, rights,
obligations, or duties with reference to the Trust Estate. All such powers, discretions,
rights, obligations, and duties of the resigning Trustee shall inure to and be binding on
the successor Trustee.
25. Expenses and Compensation of Trustee
Trustee shall pay from the income or principal of the Trust Estate or partly from
each, in its discretion, all expenses incurred in the administration of this Trust and the
protection of this Trust against legal attack, including counsel fees and reasonable
compensation for Trustee's own services as Trustee, which compensation and
expenses constitute a first lien on the Trust Estate.
26. Irrevocability of Trust
This Trust shall be irrevocable and shall not be altered, amended, revoked, or
terminated by Trustor or any other person.
27. Acceptance, Governing Law and Severability
This Trust has been accepted by Trustee and will be administered in
_________________ (name of state) . Its validity, construction, and all rights under it
shall be governed by the laws of that state. If any provision of this Trust Agreement
should be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portions of it shall continue to be fully
effective.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on this the _____ day of _____________, 20____,
Trustors and Trustee have signed this Instrument.
____________________________
(Printed Name of Trustor)
____________________________
(Signature of Trustor)
____________________________
(Printed Name of Trustor)
____________________________
(Signature of Trustor)
____________________________
(Name of Trustee)
By:____________________________
___________________________
(P rinted name & Office in Corporation)
___________________________
(Signature of Officer)
Attach Exhibit A
(Acknowledgment form may vary by state)
STATE OF _____________
COUNTY OF ____________
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for the said
county and state, on this ___ day of ________, 20____, within my jurisdiction, the within
named __________________ (Name of Officer) , who acknowledged that he is
_____________________ (Name of Office) of ________________________ (Name
of Corporation) , a ________________ (name of state) corporation, and that for and
on behalf of the said corporation, and as its act and deed he executed the above and
foregoing instrument, after first having been duly authorized by said corporation so to
do.
________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
____________________
State of _____________________
County of ___________________
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for the said
County and State, on this ___________________ (date) , within my jurisdic tion, the
within-named _____________________ (Name of Trustor) , who acknowledged that he
executed the above and foregoing instrument.
___________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
____________________
State of _____________________
County of __________________
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for the said
County and State, on this __________________ (date) , within my jurisdic tion, the
within-named _____________________ (Name of Trustor) , who acknowledged that
she executed the above and foregoing instrument.
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NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
____________________