ORS 129.215
UPIA 104. Trustee’s power to adjust


(1)

A trustee may adjust between principal and income to the extent the trustee considers necessary if the trustee invests and manages trust assets as a prudent investor, the terms of the trust describe the amount that may or must be distributed to a beneficiary by referring to the trust’s income and the trustee determines, after applying the rules in ORS 129.210 (UPIA 103. Fiduciary duties) (1), that the trustee is unable to comply with ORS 129.210 (UPIA 103. Fiduciary duties) (2).

(2)

In deciding whether and to what extent to exercise the power conferred by subsection (1) of this section, a trustee shall consider all factors relevant to the trust and its beneficiaries, including the following factors to the extent they are relevant:

(a)

The nature, purpose and expected duration of the trust;

(b)

The intent of the settlor;

(c)

The identity and circumstances of the beneficiaries;

(d)

The needs for liquidity, regularity of income and preservation and appreciation of capital;

(e)

The assets held in the trust, the extent to which they consist of financial assets, interests in closely held enterprises, tangible and intangible personal property or real property, the extent to which an asset is used by a beneficiary and whether an asset was purchased by the trustee or received from the settlor;

(f)

The net amount allocated to income under the other sections of this chapter and the increase or decrease in the value of the principal assets, which the trustee may estimate as to assets for which market values are not readily available;

(g)

Whether and to what extent the terms of the trust give the trustee the power to invade principal or accumulate income or prohibit the trustee from invading principal or accumulating income, and the extent to which the trustee has exercised a power from time to time to invade principal or accumulate income;

(h)

The actual and anticipated effect of economic conditions on principal and income and effects of inflation and deflation; and

(i)

The anticipated tax consequences of an adjustment.

(3)

A trustee may not make an adjustment:

(a)

That diminishes the income interest in a trust that requires all of the income to be paid at least annually to a spouse and for which an estate tax or gift tax marital deduction would be allowed, in whole or in part, if the trustee did not have the power to make the adjustment;

(b)

That reduces the actuarial value of the income interest in a trust to which a person transfers property with the intent to qualify for a gift tax exclusion;

(c)

That changes the amount payable to a beneficiary as a fixed annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of the trust assets;

(d)

From any amount that is permanently set aside for charitable purposes under a will or the terms of a trust unless both income and principal are so set aside;

(e)

If possessing or exercising the power to make an adjustment causes an individual to be treated as the owner of all or part of the trust for income tax purposes and the individual would not be treated as the owner if the trustee did not possess the power to make an adjustment;

(f)

If possessing or exercising the power to make an adjustment causes all or part of the trust assets to be included for estate tax purposes in the estate of an individual who has the power to remove a trustee or appoint a trustee, or both, and the assets would not be included in the estate of the individual if the trustee did not possess the power to make an adjustment;

(g)

If the trustee is a beneficiary of the trust; or

(h)

If the power to make adjustments has been released upon conversion of the trust to a unitrust under ORS 129.225 (Conversion to unitrust).

(4)

If subsection (3)(e), (f), (g) or (h) of this section applies to a trustee and there is more than one trustee, a cotrustee to whom the provision does not apply may make the adjustment unless the exercise of the power by the remaining trustee or trustees is not permitted by the terms of the trust.

(5)

A trustee may release the entire power conferred by subsection (1) of this section or may release only the power to adjust from income to principal or the power to adjust from principal to income if the trustee is uncertain about whether possessing or exercising the power will cause a result described in subsection (3)(a) to (f) of this section or subsection (3)(h) of this section, or if the trustee determines that possessing or exercising the power will or may deprive the trust of a tax benefit or impose a tax burden not described in subsection (3) of this section. The release may be permanent or for a specified period, including a period measured by the life of an individual.

(6)

Terms of a trust that limit the power of a trustee to make an adjustment between principal and income do not affect the application of this section unless it is clear from the terms of the trust that the terms are intended to deny the trustee the power of adjustment conferred by subsection (1) of this section. [2003 c.279 §4]

Source: Section 129.215 — UPIA 104. Trustee’s power to adjust, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors129.­html.

129.200
UPIA 101. Short title
129.205
UPIA 102. Definitions
129.210
UPIA 103. Fiduciary duties
129.215
UPIA 104. Trustee’s power to adjust
129.220
UPIA 105. Judicial control of discretionary power
129.225
Conversion to unitrust
129.250
UPIA 201. Determination and distribution of net income
129.255
UPIA 202. Distribution to residuary and remainder beneficiaries
129.270
UPIA 301. When right to income begins and ends
129.275
UPIA 302. Apportionment of receipts and disbursements when decedent dies or income interest begins
129.280
UPIA 303. Apportionment when income interest ends
129.300
UPIA 401. Character of receipts
129.305
UPIA 402. Distribution from trust or estate
129.308
UPIA 403. Business and other activities conducted by trustee
129.310
UPIA 404. Principal receipts
129.315
UPIA 405. Rental property
129.320
UPIA 406. Obligation to pay money
129.325
UPIA 407. Insurance policies and similar contracts
129.350
UPIA 408. Insubstantial allocations not required
129.355
UPIA 409. Deferred compensation, annuities and similar payments
129.360
UPIA 410. Liquidating asset
129.365
UPIA 411. Minerals, water and other natural resources
129.370
UPIA 412. Timber
129.375
UPIA 413. Property not productive of income
129.380
UPIA 414. Derivatives and options
129.385
UPIA 415. Asset-backed securities
129.400
UPIA 501. Disbursements from income
129.405
UPIA 502. Disbursements from principal
129.410
UPIA 503. Transfers from income to principal for depreciation
129.415
UPIA 504. Transfers from income to reimburse principal
129.420
UPIA 505. Income taxes
129.425
UPIA 506. Adjustments between principal and income because of taxes
129.450
UPIA 601. Uniformity of application and construction
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