District of Columbia § 19-1923 Trust for care of animal.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 19-1923 — Trust for care of animal.

District of Columbia § 19-1923

Title 19Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]

Ch. 19Uniform Trust Decanting Code.

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D.C. Code § 19-1923 (2026).

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(a)For the purposes of this section, the term:

(1)"Animal trust" means a trust or an interest in a trust created to provide for the care of one or more animals.

(2)"Protector" means a person appointed in an animal trust to enforce the trust on behalf of the animal or, if no such person is appointed in the trust, a person appointed by the court for that purpose.

(b)The decanting power may be exercised over an animal trust that has a protector to the extent the trust could be decanted under this chapter if each animal that benefits from the trust were an individual, if the protector consents in a signed record to the exercise of the power.

(c)A protector for an animal has the rights under this chapter of a qualified beneficiary.

(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this c

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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:

(1) "Animal trust" means a trust or an interest in a trust created to provide for the care of one or more animals.

(2) "Protector" means a person appointed in an animal trust to enforce the trust on behalf of the animal or, if no such person is appointed in the trust, a person appointed by the court for that purpose.

(b) The decanting power may be exercised over an animal trust that has a protector to the extent the trust could be decanted under this chapter if each animal that benefits from the trust were an individual, if the protector consents in a signed record to the exercise of the power.

(c) A protector for an animal has the rights under this chapter of a qualified beneficiary.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter , if a first trust is an animal trust, in an exercise of the decanting power, the second trust must provide that trust property may be applied only to its intended purpose for the period the first trust benefitted the animal.