§ 33B-5. Transfer to custodial trustee by fiduciary or obligor; facility of payment.
§33B‑5. Transfer to custodial trustee by fiduciary or obligor; facilityof payment.
(a) A person, includinga fiduciary other than a custodial trustee, who holds property of or owes adebt to an incapacitated individual not having a guardian of the estate maymake a transfer to an adult member of the beneficiary's family or to a trustcompany as custodial trustee for the use and benefit of the incapacitatedindividual. If the value of the property or the debt exceeds twenty thousanddollars ($20,000), the transfer is not effective unless authorized by thecourt.
(b) A writtenacknowledgment of delivery, signed by a custodial trustee, is a sufficientreceipt and discharge for property transferred to the custodial trusteepursuant to this section.
(c) This section shallnot apply when the disposition of the property has been directed by aninstrument designating a custodial trustee pursuant to G.S. 33B‑3. (1995,c. 486, s. 1.)