Uniform Trust Code Analyzed in Fall 2019 Issue of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Law Journal

The entire Fall 2019 issue of the ACTEC Law Journal is devoted to reviewing the Uniform Trust Code with thirteen short articles now that twenty years have elapsed since its original approval by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

• Forward: Twenty Years of the Uniform Trust Code, Jeffrey A. Cooper
• Just Say No: Reasons States have not Adopted the UTC, Robert Barton
• Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Uniform Trust Code – Colorado’s Approach, Darla L. Daniel
• The Prudent Investor Rule Past, Present and Future: A View from Illinois, Jane G. Ditelberg
• Who is a Qualified Beneficiary?, John P. Edgar
• The Dark Side of Codification, Thomas P. Gallanis
• The Need for a New Type of Purpose Trust, the Stewardship Trust, Susan N. Gary
• Trustee Liability for Breach of Trust – Loss or Profit, or Loss and Profit?, Kenneth F. Joyce
• UTC’s Duty to Inform and Report at 20 – How Mandatory is Transparency?, Mel M. Justak & Anne-Marie Rhodes
• A Powerful Tool – Modification or Termination of a Noncharitable Irrevocable Trust by Consent Under Section 411(A) of the Uniform Trust Code, Maureen L. O’Leary
• Beyond UTC Section 808 and the Uniform Direct Trust Act, Wayne E. Reames
• Purpose Trust Cy Pres, Thomas E. Simmons
• Settlor-Authorized Fiduciary Indifference to Trust Purposes and the Interest of Beneficiaries, James P. Spica