Rhode Island § 18-13-7 § 18-13-7. General duties of custodial trustee.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 18-13-7 — § 18-13-7. General duties of custodial trustee.

Rhode Island § 18-13-7

Title 18Fiduciaries

Ch. 18-13Rhode Island Uniform Custodial Trust Act

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-13-7 (2026).

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§ 18-13-7. General duties of custodial trustee.
(a) If appropriate, a custodial trustee shall register or record the instrument vesting
            title to custodial trust property.
         
(b) If the beneficiary is not incapacitated, a custodial trustee shall follow the directions
            of the beneficiary in the management, control, investment, or retention of the custodial
            trust property. In the absence of effective contrary direction by the beneficiary
            while not incapacitated, the custodial trustee shall observe the standard of care
            that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with the property of another and
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§ 18-13-7. General duties of custodial trustee.

(a) If appropriate, a custodial trustee shall register or record the instrument vesting title to custodial trust property.

(b) If the beneficiary is not incapacitated, a custodial trustee shall follow the directions of the beneficiary in the management, control, investment, or retention of the custodial trust property. In the absence of effective contrary direction by the beneficiary while not incapacitated, the custodial trustee shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with the property of another and is not limited by any other law restricting investments by fiduciaries. However, a custodial trustee, at the custodial trustee's discretion, may retain any custodial trust property received from the transferor. If a custodial trustee has a special skill or expertise or is named custodial trustee on the basis of representation of a special skill or expertise, the custodial trustee shall use that skill or expertise.

(c) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodial trustee shall take control of and collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial trust property.

(d) A custodial trustee shall keep at all times custodial trust property, of which the custodial trustee has control, separate from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial trust property of the beneficiary. Custodial trust property, the title to which is subject to recordation, is so identified if an appropriate instrument identifying the property as custodial trust property is recorded, and custodial trust property subject to registration is so identified if it is registered, or held in an account in the name of the custodial trustee, designated in substance: "as custodial trustee for (name of beneficiary) under the Rhode Island Uniform Custodial Trust Actâ€�.

(e) A custodial trustee shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial trust property, including information necessary for the preparation of tax returns, and shall make the records and information available at reasonable times to the beneficiary or legal representative of the beneficiary.

(f) The exercise of a durable power of attorney for an incapacitated beneficiary is not effective to terminate or direct the administration or distribution of a custodial trust.