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§ 3-3.7 Testamentary disposition to trustee under, or in accordance with            terms of existing inter vivos trust    (a)  A  testator or testatrix may by will dispose of or appoint all or  any part of his or her estate to a trustee of  a  trust,  the  terms  of  which  are evidenced by a written instrument executed by the testator or  testatrix, the testator or testatrix and  some  other  person,  or  some  other  person,  including  a  trust  established  for the receipt of the  proceeds of an annuity or pure  endowment  contract,  or  of  a  thrift,  savings,   pension,   retirement,   death   benefit,   stock  bonus,  or  profit-sharing plan or system or a funded or unfunded life, group  life,  industrial  life  or  accident  and  health insurance trust although the  settlor has reserved any or all rights of  ownership  of  the  insurance  contracts,  regardless of the existence, size or character of the corpus  of such insurance  trust  or  other  trust;  provided  that  such  trust  instrument is executed in the manner provided for in 7-1.17, prior to or  contemporaneously  with  the  execution  of  the  will,  and  such trust  instrument is identified in such will.    (b) The testamentary disposition or appointment is valid, even though:    (1) The trust instrument is amendable or revocable, or both, provided,  however, that the disposition or appointment shall be  given  effect  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  trust  instrument,  including  an  amendment thereto, as  they  appear  in  writing  on  the  date  of  the  testator's   death   and,  where  the  testator  so  directs,  including  amendments to the trust instrument after his death,  if  the  instrument  evidencing  such  amendment  is  executed and acknowledged in the manner  herein provided for executing and acknowledging the instrument which  it  amends.    (2) The right is reserved in such trust instrument (A) to exercise any  power  over  any  property transferred to or held in the trust or (B) to  direct during the lifetime of the  settlor  or  any  other  person,  the  persons and organizations to whom or in whose behalf the income shall be  paid or the principal distributed.    (3) The trust instrument or any amendment thereto was not executed and  attested in accordance with the formalities prescribed by 3-2.1.    (c) The property so disposed of or appointed by will becomes a part of  the  trust  to which it is given, and title thereto vests in the trustee  to be administered and disposed of in accordance with the terms  of  the  trust instrument.    (d)  Any  disposition or appointment to the trustee made by a testator  who died prior to the effective date of this  section,  which  would  be  invalid  under  the  applicable  law  of  this  state  pre-existing  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  shall  be  construed  to  create  a  testamentary  trust  under and in accordance with the terms of the trust  instrument which the testator originally  intended  should  embrace  the  property  disposed  of  or appointed, as such terms appear in such trust  instrument at the date of the testator's death.    (e) A revocation or termination of the trust before the death  of  the  testator  shall cause the disposition or appointment to fail, unless the  testator has made an alternative disposition.

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Statutes > New-york > Ept > Article-3 > Part-3 > 3-3-7

§ 3-3.7 Testamentary disposition to trustee under, or in accordance with            terms of existing inter vivos trust    (a)  A  testator or testatrix may by will dispose of or appoint all or  any part of his or her estate to a trustee of  a  trust,  the  terms  of  which  are evidenced by a written instrument executed by the testator or  testatrix, the testator or testatrix and  some  other  person,  or  some  other  person,  including  a  trust  established  for the receipt of the  proceeds of an annuity or pure  endowment  contract,  or  of  a  thrift,  savings,   pension,   retirement,   death   benefit,   stock  bonus,  or  profit-sharing plan or system or a funded or unfunded life, group  life,  industrial  life  or  accident  and  health insurance trust although the  settlor has reserved any or all rights of  ownership  of  the  insurance  contracts,  regardless of the existence, size or character of the corpus  of such insurance  trust  or  other  trust;  provided  that  such  trust  instrument is executed in the manner provided for in 7-1.17, prior to or  contemporaneously  with  the  execution  of  the  will,  and  such trust  instrument is identified in such will.    (b) The testamentary disposition or appointment is valid, even though:    (1) The trust instrument is amendable or revocable, or both, provided,  however, that the disposition or appointment shall be  given  effect  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  trust  instrument,  including  an  amendment thereto, as  they  appear  in  writing  on  the  date  of  the  testator's   death   and,  where  the  testator  so  directs,  including  amendments to the trust instrument after his death,  if  the  instrument  evidencing  such  amendment  is  executed and acknowledged in the manner  herein provided for executing and acknowledging the instrument which  it  amends.    (2) The right is reserved in such trust instrument (A) to exercise any  power  over  any  property transferred to or held in the trust or (B) to  direct during the lifetime of the  settlor  or  any  other  person,  the  persons and organizations to whom or in whose behalf the income shall be  paid or the principal distributed.    (3) The trust instrument or any amendment thereto was not executed and  attested in accordance with the formalities prescribed by 3-2.1.    (c) The property so disposed of or appointed by will becomes a part of  the  trust  to which it is given, and title thereto vests in the trustee  to be administered and disposed of in accordance with the terms  of  the  trust instrument.    (d)  Any  disposition or appointment to the trustee made by a testator  who died prior to the effective date of this  section,  which  would  be  invalid  under  the  applicable  law  of  this  state  pre-existing  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  shall  be  construed  to  create  a  testamentary  trust  under and in accordance with the terms of the trust  instrument which the testator originally  intended  should  embrace  the  property  disposed  of  or appointed, as such terms appear in such trust  instrument at the date of the testator's death.    (e) A revocation or termination of the trust before the death  of  the  testator  shall cause the disposition or appointment to fail, unless the  testator has made an alternative disposition.

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Statutes > New-york > Ept > Article-3 > Part-3 > 3-3-7

§ 3-3.7 Testamentary disposition to trustee under, or in accordance with            terms of existing inter vivos trust    (a)  A  testator or testatrix may by will dispose of or appoint all or  any part of his or her estate to a trustee of  a  trust,  the  terms  of  which  are evidenced by a written instrument executed by the testator or  testatrix, the testator or testatrix and  some  other  person,  or  some  other  person,  including  a  trust  established  for the receipt of the  proceeds of an annuity or pure  endowment  contract,  or  of  a  thrift,  savings,   pension,   retirement,   death   benefit,   stock  bonus,  or  profit-sharing plan or system or a funded or unfunded life, group  life,  industrial  life  or  accident  and  health insurance trust although the  settlor has reserved any or all rights of  ownership  of  the  insurance  contracts,  regardless of the existence, size or character of the corpus  of such insurance  trust  or  other  trust;  provided  that  such  trust  instrument is executed in the manner provided for in 7-1.17, prior to or  contemporaneously  with  the  execution  of  the  will,  and  such trust  instrument is identified in such will.    (b) The testamentary disposition or appointment is valid, even though:    (1) The trust instrument is amendable or revocable, or both, provided,  however, that the disposition or appointment shall be  given  effect  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  trust  instrument,  including  an  amendment thereto, as  they  appear  in  writing  on  the  date  of  the  testator's   death   and,  where  the  testator  so  directs,  including  amendments to the trust instrument after his death,  if  the  instrument  evidencing  such  amendment  is  executed and acknowledged in the manner  herein provided for executing and acknowledging the instrument which  it  amends.    (2) The right is reserved in such trust instrument (A) to exercise any  power  over  any  property transferred to or held in the trust or (B) to  direct during the lifetime of the  settlor  or  any  other  person,  the  persons and organizations to whom or in whose behalf the income shall be  paid or the principal distributed.    (3) The trust instrument or any amendment thereto was not executed and  attested in accordance with the formalities prescribed by 3-2.1.    (c) The property so disposed of or appointed by will becomes a part of  the  trust  to which it is given, and title thereto vests in the trustee  to be administered and disposed of in accordance with the terms  of  the  trust instrument.    (d)  Any  disposition or appointment to the trustee made by a testator  who died prior to the effective date of this  section,  which  would  be  invalid  under  the  applicable  law  of  this  state  pre-existing  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  shall  be  construed  to  create  a  testamentary  trust  under and in accordance with the terms of the trust  instrument which the testator originally  intended  should  embrace  the  property  disposed  of  or appointed, as such terms appear in such trust  instrument at the date of the testator's death.    (e) A revocation or termination of the trust before the death  of  the  testator  shall cause the disposition or appointment to fail, unless the  testator has made an alternative disposition.