Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-1204
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Nomination of custodian
Official statutory text
A. A person having the right to designate the recipient of
property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may
revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor
beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian
followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for
________________ (name of minor) under the Oklahoma Uniform
Transfers to Minors Act." The nomination may name one or more
persons as substitute custodians to whom the property must be
transferred, in the order named, if the first nominated custodian
dies before the transfer or is unable, declines, or is ineligible to
serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, an
instrument exercising a power of appointment, or in a writing
designating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered
with or delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor of the
contractual rights.
B. A custodian nominated pursuant to the provisions of this
section must be a person to whom a transfer of property of that kind
may be made according to the provisions of subsection A of Section
10 of this act.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 146
C. The nomination of a custodian pursuant to the provisions of
this section does not create custodial property until the nominating
instrument becomes irrevocable or a transfer to the nominated
custodian is completed pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of
this act. Unless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked,
upon the occurrence of the future event the custodianship becomes
effective and the custodian shall enforce a transfer of the
custodial property pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of this
act.
property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may
revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor
beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian
followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for
________________ (name of minor) under the Oklahoma Uniform
Transfers to Minors Act." The nomination may name one or more
persons as substitute custodians to whom the property must be
transferred, in the order named, if the first nominated custodian
dies before the transfer or is unable, declines, or is ineligible to
serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, an
instrument exercising a power of appointment, or in a writing
designating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered
with or delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor of the
contractual rights.
B. A custodian nominated pursuant to the provisions of this
section must be a person to whom a transfer of property of that kind
may be made according to the provisions of subsection A of Section
10 of this act.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 146
C. The nomination of a custodian pursuant to the provisions of
this section does not create custodial property until the nominating
instrument becomes irrevocable or a transfer to the nominated
custodian is completed pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of
this act. Unless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked,
upon the occurrence of the future event the custodianship becomes
effective and the custodian shall enforce a transfer of the
custodial property pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of this
act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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