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IRREVOCABLE TRUST
TRUST AGREEMENT made ______________, 19__, between
_____________________(the "Grantor"), and
______________ and
_________________(the "Trustees").
1. TRUST
PROPERTY. The
Grantor, desiring to
create
trusts for the benefit of his adult children and for
other
good
and valuable consideration, irrevocably assigned to
the
Trustees
of the property described in attached Schedule A
(the
"Trust
Property"), in trust, for the purposes and on the
conditions
hereinafter stated.
2.
DISPOSITIVE PROVISIONS.
The
Trustees shall hold the
property for the primary benefit of
___________________
______________________________________________, and
the
Trustees
shall hold, manage, and invest the trust property,
and
shall
collect and receive the income, and after deducting
all necessary
expenses incident to the administration of the
trusts,
shall
dispose of the corpus and income of the trusts as
follows:
(a) The
Trustees shall pay the entire net income of the
trust, quarter annually, to the beneficiaries of the
trust,
provided that there shall be paid over absolutely to
the
beneficiaries at age _______ the corpus of the trust.
(b) If
any
of the beneficiaries shall die before
attaining the age of ______ years, the trust for his
or her
benefit shall cease, and the corpus, together with
any
undistributed income, shall be paid over absolutely
to the
issue
of the beneficiary then living per stirpes; but if
there be
no
issue, then to the other beneficiaries if living,
either
outright, or, if the other beneficiary shall not
have then
attained the age of _____ years, in trust, to be
added to,
held,
administered, and distributed as part of the trust
for the
other
beneficiary; but if the other beneficiary is not
then
living,
then absolutely to the then living issue of the
other
beneficiary
per stirpes; and if there is no issue, then to the
estate
of the
beneficiary for whom the trust was being held
originally.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary,
if at any time while the trusts are in force any
financial
emergency arises in the affairs of either of the
primary
beneficiaries of the trusts, or if the independent
income
of
either of the beneficiaries (exclusive of the income
from
any
trust created for his or her benefit by the Grantor)
and
all
other means of support are insufficient for the
support of
the
beneficiary, in the judgment of the Trustees, the
Trustees
shall
pay over to the beneficiary, solely out of the
corpus of
the
trust for his or her benefit, at any time and from
time to
time,
the sum or sums as the Trustees shall deem necessary
or
appropriate in their discretion.
3.
TRUSTEES' POWERS.
In the
administration of the
trusts, the Trustees shall have the following
powers, all
of
which shall be exercised in the fiduciary capacity,
primarily in
the interest of the beneficiaries:
(a) To
hold
and continue to hold as an investment the
property, of any additional property which may be
received
by
them, so long as they deem proper, and to invest and
reinvest in
any securities or property, whether or not
income-producing,
deemed by them to be for the best interest of the
trusts
and the
beneficiaries.
(b) To
rent
or lease any property of the trusts for the
time and upon the terms and for the price or prices
as in
their
discretion and judgment may seem just and proper and
for
the best
interest of the trusts and the beneficiaries.
(c) To
sell
and convey any of the property of the trusts
or any interest, or to exchange it for other
property, for
the
price or prices and upon the terms as in their
discretion
and
judgment may be deemed for the best interest of the
trusts
and
the beneficiaries.
(d) To
make
all repairs and improvements at any time
deemed necessary and proper to and upon real property
constituting a part of the trusts.
(e) To
deduct, retain, expend, and pay out of any money
belonging to the trusts any and all necessary and
proper
expenses
in connection with the operation and conduct of the
trusts.
(f) To
vote
upon all securities belonging to the trusts,
and to become a party to any stockholders'
agreements
deemed
advisable by them in connection with the securities.
(g) To
consent to the reorganization, consolidation,
merger, liquidation, readjustment of, or other
change in
any
corporation, company, or association.
(h) To
compromise, settle, arbitrate, or defend any
claim or demand in favor of or against the trusts.
(i) To incur and pay the
ordinary and necessary
expenses
of administration, including (but not by way of
limitation)
reasonable attorneys' fees, accountants' fees,
investment
counsel
fees, and the like.
(j) To
act
through an agent or attorney-in-fact, by and
under power of attorney duly executed by the
Trustees, in
carrying out any of the authorized powers and duties.
(k) To
borrow money for any purposes of the trusts, or
incidental
to their
administration, upon their bond or promissory
note as trustees, and to secure their repayment by
mortgaging,
creating a security interest in, or pledging or
otherwise
encumbering any part or all of the property of the
trusts.
(l) To
lend
money to any person or persons upon the
terms and in the ways and with the security as they
may
deem
advisable for the best interest of the trusts and the
beneficiaries.
(m) To
engage in business with the property of the
trusts as sole proprietor, or as a general or
limited
partner,
with all the powers customarily exercised by an
individual
so
engaged in business, and to hold an undivided
interest in
any
property as tenant in common or as tenant in
partnership.
(n) To
determine the manner in which the expenses
incidental to or in connection with the
administration of
the
trusts shall be apportioned as between corpus and
income.
(o) The
Trustees may freely act under all or any of the
powers by this Agreement given to them in all
matters
concerning
the trusts, after forming their judgment based upon
all the
circumstances
of any
particular situation as to the wisest and
best course to pursue in the interest of the trusts
and the
beneficiaries, without the necessity of obtaining
the
consent or
permission of any interested person, or the consent
or
approval
of any court.
The powers granted to the Trustees may be exercised
in
whole or in part, from time to time, and shall be
deemed to
be
supplementary to and not exclusive of the general
powers of
trustees pursuant to law, and shall include all
powers
necessary
to carry them into effect.
4.
LIMITATION ON POWERS.
Notwithstanding anything
contained to the contrary, no powers enumerated or
accorded
to
trustees
generally
pursuant to law shall be construed to enable
the Grantor, or the Trustees or either of them, or
any
other
person, to sell, purchase, exchange, or otherwise
deal with
or
dispose of all or any parts of the corpus or income
of the
trusts
for less than an adequate consideration in money or
monies
worth,
or to enable the Grantor to borrow all or any part
of the
corpus
or income of the trusts, directly or indirectly,
without
adequate
interest or security.
5. CORPUS
AND INCOME. The
Trustees shall have the
power
to determine the allocation of receipts between
corpus and
income
and to apportion extraordinary and share dividends
between
corpus
and income.
6.
TRUSTEES' AUTHORITY AND THIRD PARTIES.
No person
purchasing, renting, or leasing any of the property
of the
trusts, or in any manner dealing with the trusts or
with
the
Trustees, shall be required to inquire into the
authority
of the
Trustees to enter into any transaction, or to
account for
the
application of any money paid to the Trustees on any
account.
7.
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.
The Grantor
reserves the right
to himself or to any other person at any time, by
deed or
will,
to add to the corpus of either or both of the
trusts, and
any
property added shall be held, administered, and
distributed
as
part
of the trust or
trusts. The
additional property shall
be
allocated between the trusts in accordance with any
directions
given in the instrument of transfer.
8.
ACCOUNTING BY TRUSTEES.
The
Trustees may render an
accounting at any time to the beneficiaries of the
trust,
and the
written approval of a beneficiary shall be final,
binding,
and
conclusive upon all persons then or thereafter
interested
in the
trust for that beneficiary.
The Trustees may at any time render
a judicial account of their proceedings for either
or both
of the
trusts.
9.
COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES.
The
Trustees waive the
payment of any compensation for their services, but
this
waiver
shall not apply to any successor trustee who
qualifies and
acts
under this Agreement except that no person who adds
to the
corpus
of either or both of the trusts shall ever be
entitled to
any
compensation.
10.
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES. Either
of Trustees
shall have
the power to appoint his or her successor Trustee. If either of
the named Trustees shall die, resign, become
incapacitated,
or
refuse to act further as Trustee, without having
appointed
a
successor Trustee, the other named Trustee may, but
shall
not be
required to, appoint a successor Trustee. The appointment of a
successor Trustee shall be made by a duly
acknowledged
instrument
delivered to the primary beneficiaries and to the
person,
if any,
then acting as Trustee.
11. BOND
AND LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES. Neither
of
the two
(2) named Trustees shall be required to give any
bond or
other
security. The
Trustees shall not be liable for any mistake or
error of judgment in the administration of the
trusts,
except for
willful misconduct, so long as they continue to
exercise
their
duties and powers in a fiduciary capacity primarily
in the
interests of the beneficiaries.
12.
IRREVOCABILITY.
The trusts shall
be irrevocable,
and the Grantor expressly waives all rights and
powers,
whether
alone
or in
conjunction with others, and regardless of when or
from what source he may have acquired such rights or
powers, to
alter, amend, revoke, or terminate the trusts, or
any of
the
terms of this Agreement, in whole or in part. By this instrument
the Grantor relinquishes absolutely and forever all
his
possession or enjoyment of, or right to the income
from,
the
trust property, and all his right and power, whether
alone
or in
conjunction with others, to designate the persons
who shall
possess or enjoy the trust property, or the income.
13.
SITUS. This
trust has been
executed and delivered
in the State of ______________ and shall be
construed and
administered according to the laws of that state.
In witness whereof the Grantor and the Trustees
have
executed this Agreement in _________________.
______________________________
Grantor
______________________________
Trustee
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