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How Uniform Will The Uniform Trust Code Be: Vagaries Of Missouri Trust Law Versus Desires For Conformity, Scot Boulton
How Uniform Will The Uniform Trust Code Be: Vagaries Of Missouri Trust Law Versus Desires For Conformity, Scot Boulton
Missouri Law Review
The promulgation of the Uniform Trust Code (“UTC”) by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws presents a real opportunity to replace the current hit-or-miss Missouri statutory scheme with a comprehensive, flexible body of trust statutes that is not overly exhaustive. The UTC could fill some important gaps in Missouri law and solve issues left open by current statutory provisions. However, after extensive analysis, it is clear that Missouri has adopted some unique statutes and combinations of statutes that express policy decisions that are much different than those made in corresponding provisions of the UTC. One such example …
Get Your Dead Hands Off Me: Beneficiaries' Right To Terminate Or Modify A Trust Under The Uniform Trust Code, Julia C. Walker
Get Your Dead Hands Off Me: Beneficiaries' Right To Terminate Or Modify A Trust Under The Uniform Trust Code, Julia C. Walker
Missouri Law Review
The Law Summary provide a discussion of beneficiaries' right ot terminate or modify a trust and speculates on the impact adoption of the UTC will have on this area of the law In Missouri. This analysis is particularly important, given Missouri's deviation from the majority approach to trust termination or modification in the past.