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Can a Trustee Remove a Beneficiary from a Trust?

In most cases, a trustee cannot remove a beneficiary from a trust. 受托人的工作是管理信托并以受托人的身份行事. 但是,至少有两种情况下,受托人可以取消受益人:

1. 受托人是其本人可撤销生前信托的设立人(设保人).
2. 信托文件明确无误地授予受托人此项权力.

如果可撤销生前信托的授予人想随时更改他或她自己的信托, they can. 这就是创建这种信任类型的原因之一:它为授予者提供了很大的更改灵活性, expanding, 或者在赠与人在世时订立信托条款.

In a modified yet similar example, 有时,设立可撤销生前信托的已婚夫妇也会让未亡配偶(在授予人去世后)担任受托人的角色, and with it a general or limited power of appointment. This allows the surviving spouse, as trustee, to make changes to a trust, including removing a beneficiary.

In other trusts, 有可能信托的创建者在文件中包含了允许受托人拥有比一般情况更大的自由裁量权的语言, including the right to remove a beneficiary from a trust. While such language is rare, it is possible.

Generally, 受托人的角色是精明而有效地遵循信托的措辞,以确保授予人的指示得到执行. 受托人有法定义务(信义义务)通过执行信托的书面条款来为信托的最大利益行事. 受托人的角色通常不包括决定谁从信托中受益.

The fiduciary role of a trustee includes:

  • Fully following instructions as laid out in the trust
  • 没有不当处理信托资产或收入(如挪用或欺诈)
  • 保持记录,以确定信托资产得到适当的管理和使用
  • 应要求向受益人发布此信息
  • Paying taxes as required.

而受托人通常无权取消受益人, in the alternative, 在某些情况下,受益人有权解除受托人的职务, 例如受托人管理不善或滥用信托基金, is no longer cognitively capable of being a trustee, has a conflict of interest, 或者没有履行他或她的受托义务.

If you have a specific question about a trust or trustee, the best thing to do is speak to a 在新奥尔巴尼的Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law的信托律师. 我们很乐意讨论您的问题并指导您找到答案.  Call us at 812-725-8224.

What are the different kinds of trusts?

You may be asking yourself, “What is a trust?”  That’s a meaningful question, 特别是对于那些没有很多遗产规划经验的人.

信托是您(授予人)创建的一种财务安排,允许第三方(受托人)管理和使用资产以使某人受益, group of people, 慈善或慈善事业(受益人). 信托可以以多种方式建立,并可以具体说明您希望资产(或资产收入)如何以及何时转移给受益人.

Revocable or Living Trust

This type of trust allows you to modify or end it. 可撤销信托或生前信托可以帮助您在死后将资产转移到遗嘱认证之外,并允许您在有生之年保留对资产的控制权. 如果你的情况或愿望发生变化,信托可以随时解除. 当授予人去世时,这些信托往往不可撤销(见下文). You can be the trustee (or co-trustee with another person), 维持对信托的控制,并在你丧失行为能力或死亡时,为继任者作出规定. 这些信托可以帮助避免资产转移时的遗嘱认证过程, 但它们可能会被征收遗产税,并在你有生之年被视为你的资产之一.

Irrevocable Trust

这种类型的信任在创建之后不能被授予者更改. While this loss of control is a negative factor, 这样做的好处是,它通常会将你的资产从你的遗产中转移出来,并可能摆脱遗产税和遗嘱认证的影响. 如果你的目标是减少你的遗产税负担,这是一个你应该考虑的选择. 它还可以保护你的资产免受对你不利的法律判决,并且可以成为医疗补助计划的一部分.

Who chooses the trustee?

The creator (grantor) of a trust chooses its trustee. For example, 当某人创建包含一个或多个信托的遗产计划时, 他或她将决定谁以受托人的身份bet9九州体育登录。. 受托人可以是配偶、家庭成员、会计、律师或其他个人. It is possible to have co-trustees (two or more people), 授予人有时还会指定一名继任受托人,在原受托人去世或不能再履行其职责的情况下接替该职位.

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