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MA Code › Part II › Title II › Chapter 203E › Section 110

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Section 110. Others treated as qualified beneficiaries (a) Whenever notice to qualified beneficiaries of a trust is required under this chapter, the trustee shall also give notice to any other beneficiary who has sent the trustee a request for notice. (b) A charitable organization expressly designated to receive distributions under the terms of a charitable trust shall have the rights of a qualified beneficiary under this chapter if, on the date the charitable organization's qualification is being determined, the charitable organization: (1) is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal; or (2) would be a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal if the trust terminated on that date. (c) A person appointed to enforce a trust created for the care of an animal or another non-charitable purpose, as provided in sections 408 and 409, shall have the rights of a qualified beneficiary under this chapter.

Section 110. Others treated as qualified beneficiaries

(a) Whenever notice to qualified beneficiaries of a trust is required under this chapter, the trustee shall also give notice to any other beneficiary who has sent the trustee a request for notice.

(b) A charitable organization expressly designated to receive distributions under the terms of a charitable trust shall have the rights of a qualified beneficiary under this chapter if, on the date the charitable organization's qualification is being determined, the charitable organization:

(1) is a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal; or

(2) would be a distributee or permissible distributee of trust income or principal if the trust terminated on that date.

(c) A person appointed to enforce a trust created for the care of an animal or another non-charitable purpose, as provided in sections 408 and 409, shall have the rights of a qualified beneficiary under this chapter.

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