Curtailing Dead-Hand Control: The American Law Institute Declares the Perpetual-Trust Movement Ill Advised
15 Pages Posted: 24 May 2010 Last revised: 13 Jul 2010
Date Written: June 1, 2010
Abstract
Recent years have seen a movement in the states to pass legislation repealing or modifying the Rule Against Perpetuities in order to allow transferors to create trusts that can last forever or for several centuries. At its 2010 annual meeting, the American Law Institute took the position that the perpetual-trust movement is ill advised. The ALI’s case was stated in the Restatement (Third) of Property: Wills and Other Donative Transfers (Tent. Draft No. 6, Approved 2010). This short essay reports on the case for retaining a rule that curtails dead-hand control.
Keywords: American Law Institute, Dead-Hand Control, Perpetuities, Donative Transfers
JEL Classification: K10
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