§ 34-13-127 — Use of custodial property

(a) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend
for the minor's benefit so much or all of the custodial property
as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of
the minor, without court order and without regard to:
(i) The duty or ability of the custodian personally
or of any other person to support the minor; or
(ii) Any other income or property of the minor which
may be applicable or available for that purpose.
(b) The court, on the petition of an interested person or
the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen (14)
years, 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.
(c) A delivery, payment or expenditure under this section
is in addition to, not in substitution for, and does not affect,
the obligation of any person to support the minor.