1THE
XXX
REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST
DECLARATION OF TRUST
I, XXX, declare myself trustee (hereafter, “trustee”) of the
property identified in the attached Schedule of Property. The
designation “trustee” will also be used to refer to any and all
persons serving as a successor trustee under this instrument. The
trust property so identified, and any property added to the trust in
accordance with the provisions of this instrument, and all
investments and reinvestments thereof (“trust principal”) shall be
held upon the following terms:
ARTICLE I
This instrument, and the initial trust hereby evidenced, as
from time to time amended, may be designated THE XXX REVOCABLE
LIVING TRUST.
2ARTICLE II
Commencing as of the date of this instrument and during my
life, the trustee shall administer the trust principal and any net
income thereof as follows:
A. The trustee shall distribute to me or apply for my benefit
such amounts of net income and principal, even to the extent of
exhausting principal, as the trustee believes desirable from time
to time for my health, support in reasonable comfort, best
interests, and welfare, considering all circumstances and factors
deemed pertinent by the trustee. Any undistributed net income
shall be accumulated and added to principal, as from time to time
determined by the trustee.
B. In addition, the trustee shall distribute to me or others
such amounts of net income and principal as I may from time to time
direct in writing, except that if the trustee believes that I am
unable to manage my business affairs properly because of advanced
age, illness, or other cause, the trustee may, in the trustee’s
sole discretion, decide not to honor my written direction.
ARTICLE III
As of the date of my death, the trustee shall provide for
payment out of the trust principal, without seeking reimbursement or
3recovery from any person, of all (a) my legally enforceable debts,
including debts owed by me to a trustee individually, except debts
which constitute a lien or encumbrance on real property, (b) the
expenses of the last illness and funeral, (c) the administration
expenses payable by reason of death, and (d) the estate,
inheritance, and other death taxes (including interest and
penalties, if any, but excluding any generation-skipping tax)
payable in any jurisdiction by reason of death (including those
administration expenses and death taxes payable with respect to
assets which do not pass under this trust) other than that part of
any such death taxes attributable to property in which I have a
qualifying income interest for life or over which I have a power of
appointment and with respect to which the personal representative of
the estate shall be authorized to seek reimbursement or recovery.
However, none of the preceding items shall be paid out of amounts
received by the trustee that are not otherwise includable in my
gross estate for federal estate tax purposes, nor any property
derived originally from any such amount.
4ARTICLE IV
A. As of the date of my death, but after providing for the
payments, if any, required by Article III of this instrument, the
trustee shall distribute the remaining trust principal (including
property to which the trustee may be entitled under any will of mine
or from any other source) to the following beneficiaries in the
percentages listed:
Beneficiary Percentage of Trust Principal
1. AAA 20%
2. Barry M. Adkins 20%
3. Rex S. Adkins 20%
4. G. Dwight Adkins 20%
5. Timothy M. Adkins 20%
If any beneficiary is deceased at the time of distribution,
then his/her share shall be distributed to the remaining
beneficiaries/beneficiary.
B. Despite the preceding provisions of this instrument, the
trustee may elect to withhold any property otherwise distributable
under paragraph A of this Article of any beneficiary who has not
reached the age of twenty-one years and may retain the property for
5that beneficiary in a separate trust named for that beneficiary in
which his or her interest is indefeasibly vested, to be distributed
to that beneficiary when he or she reaches the age of twenty-one
years, or before then if the trustee so elects. The trustee shall
apply as much of the net income and principal of the trust so
retained as the trustee believes desirable for the health, support
in reasonable comfort, education, best interests, and welfare of the
beneficiary for whom the trust is named, considering all
circumstances and factors deemed pertinent by the trustee. Any
undistributed net income shall be accumulated and added to
principal, as from time to time determined by the trustee. If the
beneficiary dies before complete distribution of the trust, the
trustee shall distribute the remaining trust principal to the
personal representative of the estate of the beneficiary.
ARTICLE V
A. Any trustee may resign at any time by giving prior written
notice to the other trustee, or to the beneficiary or beneficiaries
to whom the current trust income may or must then be distributed.
B. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs D and E of this
Article:
1. If I cease to act as trustee hereunder due to death, AAA
(“Successor One”) shall immediately (without court appointment)
6assume the duties of trustee and enter onto those duties without any
formality. If AAA does not assume such duties, for any reason, then
BBB (“Successor Two”) shall immediately (without court appointment)
assume the duties of trustee.
If at any time any successor trustee named above, or any
beneficiary of this trust, should believe that the designated
trustee is unable to continue as trustee due to senility, disability
or incompetency, such person may remove the person believed to be
unable to continue, by giving written notice of removal to such
person, together with a written certification by a licensed medical
doctor that such person is unable to effectively handle the duties
of trustee due to senility, disability or incompetency. The written
opinion of such licensed medical doctor shall state whether the
condition causing such inability is temporary or permanent, and if
temporary, an estimate of the length of time such condition is
likely to continue. The written opinion of such licensed medical
doctor shall be deemed to raise a presumption of the fact of
senility, disability or incompetency, but shall not, on its own, be
conclusive on the issue; provided, however, that no person other
than the person sought to be removed shall have standing at any time
to file any action in any court to challenge such removal, or to
challenge the certification of the physician on which such removal
was based. Any removal based on a temporary condition shall
7continue only as long as the condition. Once the facilities of the
removed trustee are restored, he/she may re-enter upon the duties of
trustee by giving notice of removal to any successor and to the
beneficiaries.
2. If Successor One and Successor Two or any other successor
trustee appointed as hereinafter provided, ceases to act as trustee
hereunder for any reason, or is certified as unable to continue by
any licensed medical doctor, then the person or persons indicated in
paragraph F of this Article shall, by written instrument, appoint
any person, or any bank or trust company, within the continental
United States, as successor trustee.
C. The person or persons indicated in paragraph F of this
Article may at any time, by written instrument, approve the accounts
of the trustee with the same effect as if the accounts had been
approved by a court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of
all necessary parties.
D. If any corporate trustee designated to act or at any time
acting hereunder is merged with or transfers substantially all of
its assets to another corporation, or is in any other manner
reorganized or reincorporated, the resulting or transferee
corporation shall become trustee in place of its corporate
predecessor.
E. As often as the trustee shall deem such action to be
8advantageous to the trusts or to any beneficiary, the trustee may,
by written instrument, resign and appoint as substitute trustee with
respect to all or any part of the trust principal, including
property as to which the trustee cannot act, any person, or any bank
or trust company, within or outside the State of Virginia. The
substitute trustee shall have all of the title, powers, and
discretion of the original trustee, but shall exercise the same
under the supervision of the resigning trustee, who shall act as
adviser to the substitute trustee. Upon the removal or resignation
of the substitute trustee, adviser may resume the office of trustee
or may continue to act as adviser and appoint another substitute
trustee. Any adviser may receive reasonable compensation for
services as adviser.
F. A successor trustee may be appointed pursuant to sub-
paragraph 2 of paragraph B of this Article and the accounts of the
trustee may be approved pursuant to paragraph C of this Article by
me, if then living, or after my death, by a majority in number of
the beneficiaries whose names appear in item IV A to whom property
is to be distributed after my death. If any person so entitled to
act is then under legal disability, the instrument of appointment or
approval may be signed on his or her behalf by (i) the duly
appointed guardian of his or her estate, (ii) either parent, or
(iii) the guardian of the person (whether or not a court-appointed
9guardian) of any person for whose estate no guardian has been
appointed.
G. The incumbent trustee shall have all of the title, powers,
and discretion granted to the original trustee, without court order
or act of transfer. No successor trustee shall be personally liable
for any act or failure to act of a predecessor trustee. With the
approval of the person or persons indicated in paragraph F of this
Article who may approve the accounts of the trustee, a successor
trustee may accept the account furnished, if any, and the property
delivered by or for a predecessor trustee without liability for so
doing, and such acceptance shall be a full and complete discharge to
the predecessor trustee.
ARTICLE VI
With respect to any life insurance policies or employee benefit
plans made payable to the trustee, I direct that:
A. The trustee shall have no responsibility for payment of
premiums or assessments on the policies, or responsibility to see
that the premiums or assessments are paid by others, and the
companies issuing them shall have no responsibility to see to the
fulfillment of any trust hereunder or to the application of any
proceeds;
B. The trustee’s receipt and release shall release and
10discharge any obligor for any payment made and shall bind every
trust beneficiary hereunder; and
C. The trustee shall have no duty to bring suit for payment of
any of the policies or plan benefits, unless the trustee holds funds
out of which the trustee may be indemnified against all expenses of
suit, including legal fees.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE’S POWERS
The trustee shall have all the powers set forth in Virginia
Code section 64.1-57 as in effect on the date hereof, the provisions
of which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. The
trustee shall also have the following powers, which are in addition
to all common law and statutory powers, and in addition to all other
powers granted to the trustee by this Trust, which shall continue
after the termination of any of the trusts created by this Trust for
the purpose of the distribution of all or any portion of the trust
property, and which may be exercised at any time by the trustee
without approval from any court:
A. To purchase or sell at public or private sale, or to
exchange, grant options to purchase, lease, pledge, improve, repair,
manage, insure, operate, control, and mortgage, in such manner and
on such terms as the trustee in its sole discretion may deem
advisable, any property, real or personal, which at any time may
constitute a part of the trust property.
11B. To purchase any assets from the Settlor’s estate at fair
market value in such quantities as the trustee deems advisable, and
to loan all or a portion of the trust property to each Settlor’s
testamentary estate, upon such terms and in such amount as the
trustee deems advisable, and with or without taking security.
C. To borrow money for any purpose, with or without security
and to pledge securities or other property, without regard to the
term of the trust(s).
D. To execute all deeds, assignments, leases or other
instruments necessary or proper for the exercise of any power
granted to the trustee.
E. To invest or reinvest in and retain as an investment any
property which in the opinion of the trustee is suitable for the
purposes of the Trust, although of a kind or an amount which
otherwise might not be regarded as a proper trust investment, and
specifically, but without limitation, to invest in one or more
mutual funds, limited partnerships, and annuity funds; provided,
however, that either Settlor may specify in a writing delivered to
any Trustee other than a Settlor, the kind, amount, and date of any
investment of all or part of the Settlor’s share of the trust
property to be made by the Trustee and the broker-dealer or
registered representative through whom the investment shall be made.
F. To enter into any withdrawal plan with any mutual funds
authorizing payment to the Settlor, his or her survivor, or to any
other beneficiary, of a specified monthly or quarterly amount
payable from income dividends, capital gains distributions, and, to
the extent necessary, from the proceeds of liquidation of shares of
any mutual fund, to enter into any accumulation plan with any mutual
fund authorizing reinvestment of income dividends and capital gains
distributions and permitting further periodic or other investments
in any mutual fund, to deposit shares of any mutual fund with a
custodian or other agent, and to keep any or all securities
constituting a part or all of the trust property in the name of a
custodian or other agent pursuant to any withdrawal plan or
accumulation plan. Neither the custodian nor other agent, nor the
fund, nor its transfer agent shall be under any duty to inquire
beyond the provisions of this subparagraph into the powers or duties
of the trustee, and to that extent the provisions of this
subparagraph shall supersede any other provisions of this Trust.
Neither the custodian, nor other agent, nor the fund, nor its
12transfer agent shall be required to see to the application of any
payments made pursuant to any withdrawal plan, nor shall they assume
the responsibility for the validity of this Declaration of Trust or
any of its provisions.
G. To vote either in person or by general or limited proxy, or
to refrain from voting, any corporate stock for any purpose not
inconsistent with the trust(s) as will in the sole discretion of the
trustee be most beneficial for the Settlor during his or her
lifetimes, and thereafter for the named beneficiaries.
H. To deposit any securities constituting a part or all of the
trust property with or under the direction of any committee formed
to protect the securities and to participate in, consent to or carry
out any reorganization, consolidation, merger, liquidation,
readjustment of the financial structure, or sale of the assets of
any corporation or other organization and to exercise conversion and
subscription rights, and hold any property received pursuant to any
exchange, deposit, conversion, or subscription as part of the trust
property.
I. To keep any or all securities or other property
constituting a part or all of the trust property in the name of
another person, or of a partnership or corporation, or in the name
of the trustee, or of any one or more of them, without disclosing
their fiduciary capacity.
J. To determine how all receipts from any source and all
disbursements for any purpose shall be credited, charged or
apportioned between the trust property and the income of the trust
property, all without regard to general rules of law, and
specifically, but without limitation, to make that determination in
regard to stock and cash dividend rights, and all other receipts in
respect of the ownership of stock.
K. To purchase or retain stock which pays dividends in whole
or in part, otherwise than in cash.
L. To pay, prosecute, extend, renew, modify, contest or
compromise, upon such terms as the trustee may determine, and upon
such evidence as the trustee may deem sufficient, any obligation or
claim, including taxes, either in favor of or against the trust
property, or the income of the trust property.
M. To employ attorneys, banks, brokers, custodians, investment
13counsel, and other agents, and to delegate to them duties, rights,
and powers of the trustee, including, among others, the right to
vote on shares of stock constituting a part or all of the trust
property, for periods and purposes as the trustee in its sole
discretion may deem advisable. Any agent shall be eligible to be so
employed and to receive and retain reasonable compensation or
commissions for services rendered, the same to be in addition to the
compensation which such trustee would otherwise be entitled to
receive for services as a trustee.
N. To receive property in trust from the Settlor, or from any
other person, whether by will or otherwise.
O. To determine whether and to what extent income of the trust
property shall be transferred to the trust property with respect to
the amortization, depreciation, or depletion of any of the trust
property, all without regard to the general rules of law on the
subject.
P. To hold, manage, invest, and account for the principal of
each trust under Article 3 either as a separate fund or commingled
with the principal of any or all of the other trusts as a single
fund, as the trustee in its sole discretion may determine, and if
commingled as a single fund, making the division only upon books of
account and allocating to each trust its proportionate part of the
principal and income of the common fund, and charging against each
trust its proportionate part of the common expenses, which expenses
may be further apportioned between the income and principal of each
trust under subparagraphs (J) and (O).
Q. To buy, sell, and trade in securities of any nature,
including short sales, on margin, and for such purposes may maintain
and operate margin accounts with brokers, and may pledge any
securities held or purchased by them with such brokers as security
for loans and advances.
R. To elect the mode of payment which appears to be the most
advantageous to the trust and beneficiaries, if not previously
elected, of any employee benefit plans or retirement plans wherein
the trustee is named as beneficiary.
S. To continue to participate in any business or other
enterprise at the risk of the trust estate and to effect
incorporation, dissolution or other change in the form of
organization of the business or enterprise.
14At any time that the Settlor or any successor trustee is acting
as a trustee, the sole signature of the Settlor or of a successor
trustee as a trustee shall be sufficient to execute proxies or
powers of attorney, to vote any securities or other assets, to
execute stock powers or other endorsements of securities or any
other negotiable instruments registered, issued or drawn in the name
of or to the order of the trustee for the purpose of effecting
assignment, transfer or delivery, and to sign checks or orders to
pay on deposits, accounts, or credit balances of the trustee with
any bank, banker, broker, or trust company.
No person or corporation dealing with the trustee shall be
required to investigate the trustee’s authority for entering into
any transaction or to see to the application of the proceeds of any
transaction.
ARTICLE VIII
A. I reserve to myself all rights now or hereafter vested in
me as owner of any life insurance policies made payable to the
trustee, including the rights to change beneficiaries, to borrow
money (from the issuing companies, the banking department of any
corporate trustee acting hereunder, or others) using the policies as
15security, to surrender the policies for cash, to receive dividends
and all other payments available to the owner, and to withdraw any
policies held by the trustee (in which event the trustee shall have
no duty to seek their return).
B. I reserve the right from time to time during my life, by
written instrument delivered to the trustee (or, if I am trustee, by
written instrument filed with the trust records), to amend or revoke
this instrument in whole or in part; provided, however, that no
amendment may substantially increase the duties of the trustee or
decrease trustee compensation without the written consent of the
trustee, and if this instrument is completely revoked, all trust
property and policies of insurance held by the trustee shall be
transferred and delivered to me or as I may otherwise direct in
writing.
WITNESS my signature and seal:
_______________________________
Witness XXX
Settlor and Trustee
________________________________
Witness
16STATE OF VIRGINIA )
)ss
CITY/COUNTY OF ___________________ )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ____
day of ______________, 2006, by XXX.
___________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:_____________
17SCHEDULE A
LIST OF ENTRUSTED ASSETS
A. $10.00 cash.
B. All furniture, furnishings, fixtures, and person items now
and hereafter located in all real property referred to in this
Article as attachments, or in any other location, it being the
intention of the Settlor to transfer all, or substantially all of
their assets, present and future, to this Living Trust in order to
have little or no probate estate. The Settlor may, however, leave a
written memorandum with their other important papers devising
specific items of personalty to certain beneficiaries. Any such
memoranda shall be given effect .
C. All life insurance policies on Settlor’s life, identifying
copies of which are attached.
D. All real property referred to in the attached copies of
deeds.
E. All stocks, bonds, and other securities, identifying copies
of which are attached.
F. Contents of safety deposit boxes.
Bank: Box Number:
Address:
Bank: Box Number:
Address:
G. Accounts as listed herein, or identifying copies of which
are attached:
Checking:
Savings:
18Brokerage:
19H. Other items in trust:
Date added Date Deleted
ITEMS /Initials /Initials
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE(S) B, ETC.
20DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS
Letter of Instructions
Pursuant to Article VIII B of THE XXX REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST,
I, the undersigned XXX, hereby direct my Trustee(s) to distribute
the below-listed personal effects and personal property to the
below-named persons:
Item Beneficiary Relationship
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21XXX
STATE OF VIRGINIA )
) ss
CITY/COUNTY OF ___________________ )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ____
day of ______________, 2006, by XXX.
___________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:_____________