Grantor Retained Income Trust with Division
into Trusts for Issue after Term of Years Trust Agreement made __________________ (date), between __________________
(Name of Donor), of _____________________________________________ (street
address, city, county, state, zip code) , hereinafter called the Donor,
and __________________ (Name of Trustee 1), of
_____________________________________________ (street address, city, county,
state, zip code), and __________________ (Name of Trustee 2), of
_____________________________________________ (street address, city, county,
state, zip code), hereinafter called the Trustees.
The Donor, in consideration of the agreements and undertakings made by the Trustees,
and other good and valuable consideration, does now assign, transfer, and set over to
the Trustees and their successors the property listed in Schedule A , which is attached
and incorporated by this reference, in trust, to hold, manage, and dispose of for the
uses and purposes set forth below. In consideration of the transfer, the Trustees agree
to accept the property, and any additional money or property as may be transferred,
assigned, or bequeathed to the Trustees by the Donor or any other person or
organization, and to take, hold, manage, and dispose of such property, and all
investments and reinvestments and income from the property, on the following uses and
Trusts:I. Disposition of Principal and Income.A. All of the net income from the Trust shall be paid to the Donor annually or
at more frequent intervals until the first to occur of the Donor's death or
__________________ (end date of term).B. The Donor shall have, in all events, the power to require, by written notice,
the Trustees to convert any unproductive property to productive property within a
reasonable period of time.C. On the death of the Donor prior to __________________ (end date of
term), the entire principal of the Trust shall be paid and distributed to the estate
of the Donor.
D. On __________________ (end date of term), if the Donor is surviving, all
of the principal of the Trust shall be divided by the Trustees into as many equal
proportions as there shall be children of the Donor then surviving, and deceased
children of the Donor leaving issue then surviving, each of which shares shall be
held and administered as follows:
1. One such share shall be paid and distributed to each of the then-
surviving children of the Donor and one such share, per stirpes, to the
then-surviving issue of each then deceased child of the Donor; provided,
however, that if any such child or grandchild of the Donor shall not then
have attained the age of _______ (18/21) years, the share or partial share
which would otherwise be paid and distributed to the child or grandchild of
the Donor (but not the share or partial share of any issue of any deceased
grandchild of the Donor, which share shall be paid and distributed to the
issue free of trust) shall be designated with the name of the child or
grandchild and shall continue to be held as a separate and distinct Trust
and Trust fund for the following uses and purposes:
a. With respect to each such Trust, the Trustees may, from
time to time in their sole and absolute discretion, pay or distribute to
any one or more then living of the group consisting of the child or
grandchild with whose name the Trust is designated, the spouses
and issue of the child or grandchild, and the parent of the
grandchild such part of the net income of the Trust as they may
deem appropriate.b. When any child or grandchild of the Donor with whose name
such a Trust is designated shall have attained the age of _______
(18/21) years, the entire remaining corpus of the Trust designated
with the name of the child or grandchild, together with any and all
accrued, accumulated, and undistributed income shall be paid and
distributed to the child or grandchild, as the case may be.
c. If any child of the Donor with whose name such a Trust is
designated shall die prior to the termination of the Trust leaving
issue then surviving, the entire corpus of the Trust shall be divided
into as many equal shares as there shall be children of the child of
the Donor then surviving and deceased children of the child of the
Donor leaving issue then surviving. One such share shall be paid
and distributed to each of the then-surviving children of the child of
the Donor (being grandchildren of the Donor) and one such share,
per stirpes, to the then-surviving issue of each then deceased child
of the child of the Donor; provided, however, that if any child of the
child of the Donor shall not then have attained the age of _______
(18/21) years, the share which would otherwise be paid and
distributed to the grandchild of the Donor shall be designated with
the name of the grandchild and shall continue to be held as a
separate and distinct Trust and Trust fund for the same uses and
purposes as provided above for a Trust for a grandchild of the
Donor whose parent predeceased the Donor and the spouse of the
Donor.
d.If any grandchild of the Donor with whose name such a
Trust is designated shall die prior to the termination of the Trust
leaving issue then surviving, the entire corpus of the Trust
designated with the name of the grandchild shall be paid and
distributed to the estate of the grandchild.e. If any child of the Donor with whose name such a Trust is
designated shall die prior to the termination of the Trust leaving no
issue then surviving, the entire corpus of the Trust shall be divided
into equal shares, and one such share shall be paid and distributed to each then surviving brother or sister of the child, and one such share, per stirpes, to the then-surviving issue of each then
deceased brother or sister of the child or grandchild; provided,
however, that if a Trust created by this Article designated with the
name of any such person should then be in existence, the share or
partial share which otherwise would be paid and distributed to that
person shall instead be added to and become a part of the corpus
of the Trust.2. Net income not required to be paid or distributed from any Trust
created by this Section I may be added to any subsequent income
payment from the Trust. Until distributed, accumulated income shall be
regarded for all purposes under this Trust as corpus of the respective
trusts created by this Section I.3. If, prior to the time that any Trust fund shall be set up for and
designated with the name of any person under the foregoing provisions, or
any addition shall be made to any such fund, or any other fund or share of
any other fund shall become payable to him or her or to a Trust for his or
her benefit under the provisions of this Agreement, the person shall have
arrived at the age when a mandatory partial or total distribution to him or
her is required under the terms of this Agreement, then the person's fund
or share of any other fund promptly shall be partially or totally paid and
distributed to that person in the same proportions as required by the
mandatory provisions.E. If at any time there shall be no issue of the Donor then surviving, the entire
corpus of all trusts created by this Section I, including any and all accrued,
accumulated, and undistributed income, shall be paid and distributed to the
persons then living who would have been the next of kin of the Donor, if the
Donor had died at the time or times of such payment and distribution, under the
then-existing laws of __________________ (name of state) relating to the
distribution of intestate personal property, in the proportions prescribed by such
laws; provided, however, that for purposes of this paragraph, the parents of the
Donor shall be deemed to have predeceased the Donor.
F. With respect to any Trust or Trust fund created under this Section I, the
Trustees may pay to or apply for the benefit of any beneficiary currently eligible
to receive the income or any part of it arising from any such Trust fund such
amounts out of the principal of the Trust fund as the Trustees in their absolute
discretion, shall deem requisite or expedient by reason of accident, illness,
general need, insufficiency of income, or other economic, political, or tax
emergency or adversity for the care, maintenance, comfort, support, education,
travel, and other benefits or necessities of the beneficiary or any legal dependent
of the beneficiary. The receipt of any Trust beneficiary for, or other evidence of
application for the benefit of the beneficiary of, any payment of income or corpus
shall fully discharge the Trustees from any liability in connection with same.G. The provisions made for the beneficiaries of any Trust created in this
Section I, whether in respect of income or principal, are intended for the
personal protection and welfare of the beneficiaries, and their rights or interests
under such Trusts shall not be assignable or subject to anticipation,
hypothecation, or seizure by legal process. When and if the Trustees shall have
notice or shall believe that the rights or interests of any beneficiary in and to any
part of the income of any Trust fund from which the beneficiary is eligible to
receive income have been or may be diverted, whether by voluntary act or legal
process, the Trustees may in their sole discretion, instead of paying or
distributing the income to the beneficiary, expend the same for the support,
maintenance, education, comfort, welfare, and necessities of the beneficiary.
Whenever the Trustees shall be satisfied in their own judgment that the
payments to the beneficiary of the income may be made without danger of its
being so diverted, the Trustees may resume the outright payment and distribution
of income directly to the beneficiary. If payment is withheld from the income
otherwise payable to any beneficiary, it may, unless otherwise disbursed as
provided above, be added to any subsequent payment to the beneficiary, or be
made a part of the principal of his or her Trust fund. The power conferred on the
Trustees to withhold payment of income to any beneficiary shall not be
exhausted by the use of the power, but shall be continuing. If payments of
income to any beneficiary shall have been resumed, the Trustees may
discontinue the payments if they shall have reason to believe such action
necessary. The judgment of the Trustees in reference to the matters referred to
in this paragraph shall be conclusive and free from question by any one or in any
court. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to extend the
ultimate term of the Trusts.H. The whole or any part of the income or principal payable under this
Agreement to any beneficiary who is a minor, or who, in the opinion of the
Trustees, is incapacitated through illness, age, or other cause, may in lieu of
being paid directly to the beneficiary, be paid to or applied by the Trustees for the
benefit of such party or parties, at such time or times, and in such manner as the
Trustees deem advisable, including, but not limited to, the making of direct
payments of the beneficiary's expenses, or by the making of payments to the
beneficiary's guardian, or to the person with whom the beneficiary may be
making his or her home, or to any other person or party deemed appropriate by
the Trustees. In each case, the receipt of any person or party to whom payment
is made or entrusted shall be a complete discharge of the Trustees concerning
the payment.I. Any of the trusts created under this Section I may be terminated, in whole
or in part at any time, if such action is deemed advisable and for the best
interests of the Trust or trusts, or the beneficiaries of the same, whether by
reason of economic, tax, or political emergency or for any other reason
whatsoever (including the determination that the corpus of the Trust is so small
as to make the efficient management of it impractical) in the sole discretion of the
Trustees whose judgment shall be conclusive and free from question by anyone
or in any court. In the event of such termination, the principal of each Trust so
terminated, together with the accrued, accumulated, and undistributed income of
the trust, shall be paid over and distributed to that person with whose name the
Trust is designated.II. Additions to Trust. The Donor or any other person or organization may at any
time give, transfer, or bequeath to this Trust or to any separate trust fund created under
this Agreement, either by inter vivos transfer or testamentary disposition, additional
money or property of any kind acceptable to the Trustees. In that event such additional
property shall become a part of the Trust or Trust fund to which it is given and shall be
divided, allocated, administered, and distributed as if it had originally been a part of the
same.III.Income and Principal.A. All questions relating to the ascertainment of income and principal and the
allocation of receipts and disbursements between income and principal shall be
resolved by the Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Uniform Principal
and Income Act from time to time in effect in __________________ (name of
state), or if the Act should be abolished, then in accordance with the terms of the
Act as it was last in effect in __________________ (name of state); provided,
however, that the Trustees may withhold from amounts otherwise payable as
income under the Act a reasonable allowance for depreciation or depletion on
property subject to depreciation or depletion, and may set up a reserve for
depreciation or depletion, all under generally accepted accounting principles.
B. In making any division or apportionment under the provisions of Section I
for the purpose of creating any fund or share of any fund, or for any other
purpose of whatsoever nature, the Trustees shall have the power to make such
division or apportionment in money or in kind, or partly in money and partly in
kind, including securities, real property and undivided interests in real or personal
property, making the necessary equalizations, if any, in cash, the values to be
determined by the Trustees, whose judgment as to such values shall be binding
and conclusive on all parties in interest.
IV.Irrevocability. Except as provided in Section I, it is the intention of the Donor
that this instrument shall constitute an irrevocable gift in trust of all property at any time
held under it, any and all rights, title, and reversionary interest in the property, of any
kind or description, which the Donor now has or may subsequently acquire, either by
operation of law or otherwise (other than those rights and interests which are
specifically reserved to the Donor) are now renounced and relinquished forever. Any
future gift of property to this trust, whether by the Donor or any other person, shall
likewise be irrevocable. Any right, title, or reversionary interest in the property, of any
kind or description, which the Donor may have or subsequently acquire, by operation of
law or otherwise, shall, by the making of the gift to this Trust, be likewise renounced and
relinquished forever. If at any time of the failure of any present or future gift under this
Agreement, the property comprising the gift shall then be paid to and among the
persons then living who, if the Donor had died then, would have been the next of kin of
the Donor (other than the parents of the Donor) under the then-existing laws of
__________________ (name of state) relating to the distribution of intestate personal
property, in the proportions described by the laws of distribution.
V.Perpetuities Savings Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Trust Agreement, with respect to the time of the termination of any Trust created by this
Trust Agreement, if on the expiration of the period of __________________ (number)
years and __________________ (number) months immediately following the death of
the last survivor of the Donor and her issue living on the day preceding the date of the
execution of this Trust Agreement, any Trust created by this Agreement, or any part of
any such trust, shall then remain in existence, then such Trust or part of it shall then
terminate, and the corpus or part shall promptly be paid and distributed to the person
with whose name the Trust is designated.
VI. Powers of Trustees. Subject only to the provisions and limitations set forth in
this Agreement, the Trustees and any successor Trustees, shall have in general the
power to do and perform any and all acts and things in relation to this Trust in the same
manner and to the same extent as an individual might or could do with respect to his or
her own property. No enumeration of specific powers in this Agreement shall be
construed as a limitation on the foregoing general powers. The powers, or any of them,
conferred on the Trustees shall not be exhausted by any use of them, but each shall be
continuing. The Trustees are especially authorized and empowered in their sole
discretion: ______________________________________________________
(Description of Trustees powers).
VII.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
any one of which shall constitute the agreement between the parties.VIII.Governing Law. This Trust shall at all times be governed by the laws of
__________________ (name of state).IX. Bond; Corporate Trustee.
A. No bond or surety or security of any kind shall be required of any Trustee
at any time appointed or acting under this Agreement. No Trustee shall be liable
for any cause or in any event for the Trustee's own willful malfeasance or bad
faith.B. All discretionary powers and duties vested in any corporate trustee under
this Agreement may be exercised on its behalf from time to time as occasion
shall arise by its governing board, or by an appropriate committee, or by any of
its principal officers or Trust officers. Any corporate trustee shall be entitled to compensation at the prevailing rate for the administration of trusts of this nature.X. Construction. The word Trustees shall mean the Trustee or Trustees for the
time being whether designated in this Agreement or later appointed. The word issue as
used in this Agreement shall mean the lawful blood descendants in any degree of the
ancestor designated, and an adopted child and the adopted child's lawful blood
descendants shall be construed in this instrument as the lawful blood descendants of
the adopting parent or parents. The word parent or parents, child or children, sister or
sisters, and other words of similar import, shall include any person holding such
relationship by reason of adoption. Unless the context requires otherwise, all words
used in this Agreement in any gender shall extend to and include all genders; all words
used in the singular number shall extend to and include the plural; and all words used in
the plural number shall extend to and include the singular.XI. Amendment or Revocation. This Trust Agreement may, at any time, be altered,
amended, changed, supplemented, or revoked, in whole or in part, or terminated, in
whole or in part, by the unanimous written consent of the Donor and all of the Trustees.
In the event of revocation or termination, in whole or in part, the assets of the Trust fund
or portion of the same, as the case may be, shall be paid and distributed to the Donor.WITNESS our signatures as of the day and date first above stated.________________________(Signature of Donor________________________(Printed Name of Donor)________________________(Signature of Trustee 1)________________________(Printed Name of Trustee 1)________________________(Signature of Trustee 2)________________________(Printed Name of Trustee 2)
(Acknowledgments)(Attachment of schedule)