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Timestamp: 2017-02-20 18:00:09
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 14', '§ 14', '§ 28', '§ 45', '§ 3555', '§ 19', '§ 736', '§ 53', '§ 560', '§ 15', '§ 760', '§ 30', '§ 633', '§ 58', '§ 386', '§ 408', '§ 14', '§ 3', '§ 91', '§ 456', '§ 30', '§ 163', '§ 46', '§ 45', '§ 36', '§ 59', '§ 199', '§ 130', '§ 7738', '§ 4', '§ 62', '§ 55', '§ 55', '§ 55', '§ 408', '§ 55', '§ 11', '§ 44', '§ 4']

As of January 2016, 49 states plus the District of Columbia have enacted pet trust laws that pertain only to the pet trusts which are included in or otherwise enacted by mention in a will. The state that has not passed a pet trust law is Minnesota. When a pet trust is included in a will, some states impose funding limits that permit the court during probate to reduce and/or redirect trust property determined to be in excess of the intended use set forth in the trust instrument. This law does not pertain to the Pet Protection Agreement® pet trust and Freestanding pet trusts because neither of these go through probate. Alabama
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals alive during the settlor’s lifetime. The trust terminates upon the death of the animal, or upon the death of the last surviving animal covered by the trust.
Year of Enactment: 1996
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of a designated domestic or pet animal. The trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust, or at the end of 21 years, whichever occurs earlier.
A.R.S. § 14-10408, (§ 14-2907)
Year of Enactment: 2008, (1994)
Amended: (2009)
A.C.A. § 28-73-408
Year of Enactment: 2005
Year of Enactment: 2008
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals alive during the settlor’s lifetime. Unless the trust instrument provides otherwise, the trust terminates upon the death of the animal, or upon the death of the last surviving animal covered by the trust.
Year of Enactment: 1994
Amended: 1995
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of designated domestic or pet animals and the animals’ offspring in gestation. Unless the trust instrument provides otherwise, the trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust. The determination of the “animals’ offspring in gestation” is made at the time the designated domestic or pet animals become present beneficiaries of the trust.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-489a
Year of Enactment: 2009
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals alive during the settlor’s or testator’s lifetime. The trust terminates upon the death of the last surviving animal covered by the trust. The trust shall designate a “trust protector” whose sole duty is to act on behalf of the animal or animals.
12 Del. C. § 3555
Amended: 2008
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of one or more specific animals alive during the trustor’s lifetime. The trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust.
D.C. Code § 19-1304.08
Year of Enactment: 2004
Fla. Stat. § 736.0408
O.C.G.A. § 53-12-28
Year of Enactment: 2010
HRS § 560:7-501
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of one or more designated domestic or pet animals. The trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust.
Idaho Code § 15-7-601
Summary of law: A “purpose trust” may be created for a non-charitable purpose where there is no beneficiary. As a result, a purpose trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals. Illinois
§ 760 ILCS 5/15.2
Ind. Code Ann. § 30-4-2-18
Iowa Code § 633A.2105
Year of Enactment: 1999
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of an animal alive during the settlor’s lifetime. The trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust.
K.S.A. § 58a-408
Year of Enactment: 2002
KRS § 386B.4-080
Year of Enactment: 2015
9:2263
18-B M.R.S. § 408
Year of Enactment: 2003
Md. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. § 14-112
ALM GL ch. 203, § 3C
Year of Enactment: 1998
Amended: 2009
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-8-408
§ 456.4-408 R.S.Mo.
Year of Enactment: 1993
R.R.S. Neb. § 30-3834
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 163.0075
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of one or more animals alive during the settlor’s lifetime. The trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust.
RSA 564-B:4-408
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 46A-4-408, (§ 45-2-907)
Year of Enactment: 2003, (1995)
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of a designated domestic or pet animal. The trust terminates when the animal beneficiary or beneficiaries of such trust are no longer alive.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-4-408
Year of Enactment: 1995
Amended: 2005, 2006
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of one or more designated domestic or pet animals alive at the time of the creation of the trust. The trust terminates upon the death of the animal, or upon the death of the last surviving animal covered by the trust.
N.D. Cent. Code, § 59-12-08
Year of Enactment: 2007
ORC Ann. 5804.08
60 Okl. St. § 199
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of designated domestic or pet animals. Unless the trust instrument provides otherwise, the trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust.
ORS § 130.185
20 Pa.C.S. § 7738
R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-23-1
S.C. Code Ann. § 62-7-408
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals alive or in gestation during the settlor’s lifetime, whether or not alive at the time the trust is created. The trust terminates upon the death of the last surviving animal covered by the trust.
S.D. Codified Laws § 55-1-21, § 55-1-22, § 55-1-23
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of a designated animal. The trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust.
Amended: 2007
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals alive during the settlor’s lifetime. The trust terminates upon the death of the animal, or upon the death of the last surviving animal covered by the trust. However, the trust is not valid for more than 90 years.
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of a designated domestic or pet animal. The trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust.
14A V.S.A. § 408
Summary of law: A trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals alive during the grantor’s lifetime. The trust terminates upon the death of the animal, or upon the death of the last surviving animal covered by the trust.
Va. Code Ann. § 55-544.08
Amended: 2006
Rev. Code Wash. (ARCW) § 11.118.005 – 11.118.110
Summary of law: trust may be created for the care of one or more animals. Unless the trust instrument provides otherwise, the trust terminates when no living animal is covered by the trust. However, the trust is not valid for more than 150 years.
W. Va. Code § 44D-4-408
Year of Enactment: 2011
Year of Enactment: 1969
Summary of law: An “honorary trust” may be created for a non-charitable purpose where there is no definite human beneficiary as long as that purpose is not capricious. As a result, an honorary trust may be created for the care of an animal or animals.
Wyo. Stat. § 4-10-409
(The Year of Enactment is the year the law was passed by the state legislature)
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