Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively.

1. Law
2. Missouri Revised Statutes
3. Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability
4. Trusts and Trustees — The Uniform Trust Code
5. Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively.

Effective - 01 Jan 2005

456.4-412. Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively. — 1. The court may modify the dispositive terms of a trust or terminate the trust if, because of circumstances not anticipated by the settlor, modification or termination will further the purposes of the trust. To the extent practicable, the modification must be made in accordance with the settlor's probable intention.

2. The court may modify the management or administrative terms of a trust if modification will further the purposes of the trust.

3. Upon termination of a trust under this section, the trustee shall distribute the trust property in a manner consistent with the purposes of the trust.

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(L. 2004 H.B. 1511)

Effective 1-01-05

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