Cy Pres

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  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, obsolete or ineffective:
    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 that fulfills as nearly as possible the settlor’s charitable intent and purposes.
  2. 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) 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 (21) years have elapsed since the date of the trust’s creation.


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