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Trust Property. Basic Requirement -- § 112.005. A trust must have property. A trust is a method of holding title to property; a conveyancing relationship. Additional Trust Property -- § 112.006. New property may come from any source unless: Trust prohibition, or
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Basic Requirement -- § 112.005 • A trust must have property. • A trust is a method of holding title to property; a conveyancing relationship
Additional Trust Property -- § 112.006 • New property may come from any source unless: • Trust prohibition, or • Property unacceptable to trustee.
Types of Property -- § 111.004(12) • Any transferable property: • Real (present & future) • Personal (tangible, intangible, choses in action, right to be a beneficiary, etc.)
Types of Property -- § 111.004(12) • But not property the settlor cannot immediately transfer: • Non-assignable contract right • Spouse’s share of community • Property to be acquired in the future • Expectancy to inherit from someone still alive • Birk – p. 69
Delivery (trust funding) • Real Property = deed • Personal Property = possession, deed of gift, title registration, etc. • Marshall – p. 72