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Securities - Inter Vivos Gifts To Minors, Stephen C. Bransdorfer S.Ed.
Securities - Inter Vivos Gifts To Minors, Stephen C. Bransdorfer S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
A statute recently enacted in twelve states and expected to be considered by seven other states this year, authorizes a new method for making gifts of securities to minors and for administering such gifts. The statute provides: (1) that irrevocable gifts of securities may be made to minors by use of statutory registration or deed of gift forms; (2) for the creation of a new type of fiduciary termed a custodian; (3) that the custodian shall have powers and duties over the minor's securities including authority to manage, sell, reinvest the proceeds from the sale and administer the securities for …