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§ 55-3-6 — Trust irrevocable in absence of express contrary provisions.

South Dakota § 55-3-6
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 55FIDUCIARIES AND TRUSTS
Ch. 55-3EXPRESS TRUSTS FOR THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES

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S.D. Codified Laws § 55-3-6 (2026).

Text

Unless the terms of a trust expressly reserve a power to the settlor to revoke or modify a trust, a trust shall be irrevocable.

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Related

Schroeder v. Herbert C. Coe Trust
437 N.W.2d 178 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1989)
8 case citations

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 59.0216; SL 1993, ch 355, § 2; SL 1998, ch 282, § 9; SL 2019, ch 209, § 5.

Nearby Sections

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Purposes for which trust may be created.
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Transfer of real property to one for money paid by another--Trust presumed.
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Implied trust--Declaration by court of equity.
§ 55-1-12
Trustor, trustee, beneficiary, power of appointment, and person defined.
§ 55-1-13
Voluntary trustee--Assumption of relationship.
§ 55-1-14
Interest in existing trust--Transfer by operation of law or written instrument.
§ 55-1-15
Certain trusts not terminated upon trustor's death.
§ 55-1-2
Trusts classified.
§ 55-1-20
Trusts for noncharitable purposes.
§ 55-1-21
Trust for care of animal, care of other property, or other lawful noncharitable purpose.
§ 55-1-21.1
Termination of trust for care of animal.
§ 55-1-21.10
Trustee may not use principal and income other than for trust's purposes.
§ 55-1-21.11
Co-enforcer appointment--Powers.
§ 55-1-21.2
Judicial reduction of property transferred to trustee if trust corpus exceeds amount required for intended purposes.
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Court order where fulfillment of purposes are impossible, inexpedient, or unlawful.
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