Wyo. Stat. § 4-10-403
This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 4-10-403, part of Wyoming’s Wyoming Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wyoming, organized into 40+ numbered titles by subject.
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Requirements for creation
Official statutory text
(a) A trust is created only if:
(i) The settlor has capacity to create a trust;
(ii) The settlor indicates an intention to create the trust;
(iii) The trust has a definite beneficiary or is:
(A) A charitable trust;
(B) A trust for the care of an animal, as provided in W.S. 4-10-409; or
(C) A trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided in W.S. 4-10-410.
(iv) The trustee has duties to perform; and
(v) The same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.
(b) A beneficiary is definite if the beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to W.S. 34-1-139.
(c) A power in a trustee, trust advisor, trust protector or other party designated in the trust instrument to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, the power fails and the
property subject to the power passes to the persons who would have taken the property had the power not been conferred.
(i) The settlor has capacity to create a trust;
(ii) The settlor indicates an intention to create the trust;
(iii) The trust has a definite beneficiary or is:
(A) A charitable trust;
(B) A trust for the care of an animal, as provided in W.S. 4-10-409; or
(C) A trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided in W.S. 4-10-410.
(iv) The trustee has duties to perform; and
(v) The same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.
(b) A beneficiary is definite if the beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to W.S. 34-1-139.
(c) A power in a trustee, trust advisor, trust protector or other party designated in the trust instrument to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, the power fails and the
property subject to the power passes to the persons who would have taken the property had the power not been conferred.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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