[§553A-14]  Use of custodial property. 
(a)  A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's
benefit so much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable
for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard
to:



(1)  The duty or ability of the custodian personally
or of any other person to support the minor; or



(2)  Any other income or property of the minor which
may be applicable or available for that purpose.



(b)  On petition of an interested person or the
minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen years, the court 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
any obligation of a person to support the minor. [L 1985, c 91, pt of §1]