701.1318 Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary. (1) An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first-trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless any of the following applies:(a) The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed record and the modification applies only to the person.(b) The person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the 2nd trust consent to the modification in a signed record and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.(c) The court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.(2) This section does not apply to a decanting from a first trust that is a pooled trust described in 42 USC 1396p (d) (4) (C), or to a decanting to a 2nd trust that is a pooled trust described in 42 USC 1396p (d) (4) (C).History: 2023 a. 127.
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