South Dakota Statutes

§ 55-5-12 — Precedence of express provisions of trust instrument.

South Dakota § 55-5-12

JurisdictionSouth Dakota

Title 55FIDUCIARIES AND TRUSTS

Ch. 55-4INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT POWERS OF FIDUCIARIES

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S.D. Codified Laws § 55-5-12 (2026).

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The provisions of this chapter may be expanded, restricted, eliminated, or otherwise altered by express provisions of the trust instrument. The trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for the trustee's reasonable and good faith reliance on those express provisions.

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Legislative History

SL 1995, ch 271, § 12.

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§ 55-1-11

Implied trust--Declaration by court of equity.

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Trustor, trustee, beneficiary, power of appointment, and person defined.

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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.

§ 55-1-21.3

Court order where fulfillment of purposes are impossible, inexpedient, or unlawful.

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