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RSA 564-B:8-808 · Powers to Direct

Title
LVI: PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter
564-B · NEW HAMPSHIRE TRUST CODE
Status
current
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564-B:8-808 Powers to Direct. –

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(a)

While a trust is revocable, the trustee may follow a direction of the settlor that is contrary to the terms of the trust.

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(b)

If the terms of a trust, an agreement of the qualified beneficiaries, or a court order, confer upon a person (other than the settlor of a revocable trust) the power to direct certain actions of the trustee, then the trustee shall act in accordance with an exercise of the power.

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(c)

The terms of a trust may confer upon a trustee or other person a power to direct the modification or termination of the trust.

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(d)

A person who holds a power to direct is a trust advisor, except to the extent that the person is a beneficiary of the trust and, under such power, the person may direct the trustee to make distributions. Source. 2004, 130:1. 2006, 320:63, eff. Aug. 19, 2006. 2008, 374:16, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.

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Source note

Source. 2004, 130:1. 2006, 320:63, eff. Aug. 19, 2006. 2008, 374:16, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.

Source history

  • 2004, 130:1
  • 2006, 320:63, eff. Aug. 19, 2006
  • 2008, 374:16, eff. Sept. 9, 2008

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  • 2025 HB88 amend

    housand Twenty Five AN ACT establishing community property trusts. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Article; Article 13 Community Property Trusts. Amend RSA 564-B by inserting after article 12 the following new article: Article 13 Community Property Trusts 564-B:13-1301 Short Title. This article shall be known as the "New Hampshire Community Property Trust Act of 2026."