Who may make a lifetime trust · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 7-1.14 Who may make a lifetime trust
Any person, as defined in 1-2.12, may by lifetime trust dispose of real and personal property. A natural person who creates a lifetime trust shall be eighteen years of age or older.
Any “person” under § 1-2.12 may transfer real or personal property through a lifetime trust. A natural person creating one must be at least 18 years old. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.