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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13-314" title_number="13" title_name="Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “disabled” has the meaning stated in 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor’s benefit so much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The duty or ability of the custodian personally or of any other person to support the minor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other income or property of the minor which may be applicable or available for that purpose.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, a custodian may transfer all or part of the custodial property to a qualified minor’s trust without a court order.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A transfer of custodial property to a qualified minor’s trust terminates the custodianship of that property to the extent of the transfer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Custodial property created under a testamentary instrument may not be transferred under this subsection unless the transfer is expressly authorized by the instrument.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For an inter vivos transfer under this subsection to be valid, the instrument that created the custodial property shall contain in conspicuous type a statement that the transferor of the property elects to grant the custodian the authority to transfer all or part of the custodial property to a qualified minor’s trust without a court order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the minor is disabled, a custodian may, without court order, use all or part of the custodial property to establish or fund for the benefit of the minor:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A special needs trust, provided that the trustee is subject to the jurisdiction of a court, bonded, and required to file annual accountings of the trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A pooled asset special needs trust account, provided that the trust has been approved by the attorney general of the state where the minor resides; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An ABLE account.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On petition of an interested person or the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years, the court may order the custodian to deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor’s benefit so much of the custodial property as the court considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A delivery, payment, or expenditure under this section is in addition to, not in substitution for, and does not affect any obligation of a person to support the minor.</text>
  </level>
</section>
