A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve or wasteful:
(1) the trust does not fail, in whole or in part;
(2) the trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor's successors in interest; and
(3) the court may apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust by directing that the trust property be applied or distributed, in whole or in part, in a manner consistent with the settlor's charitable purposes.
B. A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that would result in distribution of the trust property to a noncharitable beneficiary prevails over the power of the court under Subsection A of this section to apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect:
(1) the trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living; or
(2) fewer than twenty-one years have elapsed since the date of the trust's creation.
C. The attorney general as parens patriae is a necessary party to any cy pres proceeding in the Uniform Trust Code [46A-1-101 NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 2003, ch. 122, § 4-413.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 122, § 11-1106 made the act effective July 1, 2003.
Law reviews. — For article, "The New Mexico Uniform Trust Code," see 34 N.M.L. Rev. 1 (2004).