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This document references the following insertion codes: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q19, Q20, Q21 ********************************************************************** Children's Irrevocable Trust This document establishes a trust to manage assets you desire to be held for the benefit of your minor children until they reach the age at which you would like them to receive the assets. +----------------------------------------------------+ | After You Execute This Trust, You Cannot Amend | | Or Revoke It Or Change The Provisions. | +----------------------------------------------------+ When you transfer property to the trust (usually done each year in amounts of no more than $10,000 Per Child, Per Parent), You give up all rights in the property. You no longer have any control over these assets -- they belong to the trust and are held for the exclusive benefit of your children. +----------------------------------------------------+ | You Cannot Be The Trustee Of This Trust. | | You Must Name An Independent Trustee | | Who You Do Not Legally Control. | +----------------------------------------------------+ This Document Must Be Reviewed By An Estate Planning Attorney Before You Sign It. ********************************************************************** TRUST AGREEMENT THIS TRUST AGREEMENT made this _______ day of ____________, 19___, between ***Q1*** and ***Q2***, Husband and Wife, of the County of ***Q4***, State of ***Q5*** ("Co-Trustors"), and ***Q19*** ("Trustee"). The term "Trustee" shall include Co-Trustees. IT IS AGREED BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE I NAME OF TRUST The name of this trust is the ***Q3***, and the trusts created in this instrument may be referred to collectively as ***Q3***, and each separate trust created in this instrument may be referred to successively by adding the name of its beneficiary. ARTICLE II PURPOSE The Co-Trustors propose to create trusts for the benefit of each of their presently existing children, as well as Trusts for each child hereafter born or legally adopted. ARTICLE III IRREVOCABILITY OF TRUST This trust is irrevocable and may not be altered or amended in any respect and may not be terminated except through distributions permitted by this instrument. The Co-Trustors irrevocably waive any interest in any trust assets or trust management, including any reversionary interest of any kind. ARTICLE IV TRUST PROPERTY A. Initial Trust Property. The Co-Trustors hereby transfer to the Trustee, without consideration from the Trustee, the sum of One Hundred dollars ($100.00), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, upon the conditions provided herein. B. Additional Trust Property. Additional property may be added to the trust estate at any time by either Co-Trustor, or by any person or persons, by inter vivos or testamentary transfer. Such additions and title to any property so added may be, but need not be, evidenced by schedule, deed, assignment, or other writings transferring property to the Trustee. All such original and additional property is referred to herein collectively as the trust estate and shall be held, managed and distributed as herein provided. ARTICLE V BENEFICIARIES' RIGHTS OF WITHDRAWAL A. Right to Withdraw. If at any time or times a gift is made to the trust estate, including the original contribution, such gift shall be subject to withdrawal under the provisions of this ARTICLE V. Such right of withdrawal shall be exercised only by a written instrument executed by a beneficiary, or by the natural or legal guardian of such beneficiary who lacks legal capacity, and served upon the Trustee. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a properly executed written instrument of demand, such demand shall be satisfied out of trust assets in cash or in kind, subject to the limitations described hereafter. B. Right to Withdraw Limited to Thirty Days. A beneficiary's right to demand distribution of any gift shall commence at the time of the gift. Such right is noncumulative and shall lapse if not exercised within thirty (30) days after notice has been given by the Trustee, as hereafter required. Once such right of withdrawal has lapsed, a beneficiary shall forever cease to have any right to demand distribution with respect to such gift. C. Amount of Withdrawal. A beneficiary may withdraw any gift to the trust held for such beneficiary. However, in no event shall any beneficiary be entitled to withdraw any amount from the cumulative annuals gifts of each contributor exceeding the amount of the gift tax annual exclusion under Section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or comparable section then in effect. The right of immediate withdrawal created by this ARTICLE V shall apply to each gift by each contributor. D. Notice of Gift. Upon receipt of a gift, the Trustee shall promptly give notice to each beneficiary entitled to withdraw any gift, or to the natural or legal guardian of such beneficiary, of the beneficiary's right to withdraw the gift pursuant to the terms of this ARTICLE V. Such notice shall not be a condition precedent to, or in any way affect, a beneficiary's exercise of rights under this ARTICLE V. E. Gifts not Subject to Beneficiaries' Rights of Withdrawal. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE V, any gift that is accompanied by a written notice from its donor to the effect that the gift shall not be subject to withdrawal under the provisions of this ARTICLE V shall be excluded from consideration under this ARTICLE V, as though the gift had not been made. ARTICLE VI DIVISION OF TRUST ESTATE A. Division into Trusts. Upon receipt by the Trustee of the initial contribution to the trust estate, the Trustee shall divide the trust estate into equal trusts for the benefit of each of the children of Co-Trustors. Upon receipt by the Trustee of any subsequent gift to the trust estate, if a donor does not specifically designate the beneficiary of his or her gift, the Trustee shall divide such gift into equal shares for the benefit of each of the children of Co-Trustors, with the shares allocated to children for whom trusts have previously been established added to such trusts. The shares allocated to children born or adopted subsequent to the execution of this Trust Agreement and for whom no trusts have yet been established, or a gift made to the Trustee for the benefit of such a child, shall constitute newly created trusts for each of such children. B. Death of Child. Upon the death of any child of Co-Trustors for whom a trust is then held, such trust shall be apportioned in partial shares among his or her living lawful descendants upon the principle of representation, which partial shares shall constitute and be held, administered and distributed as separate trusts according to this Trust Agreement. C. Death of Descendant of Deceased Child. Upon the death of a lawful descendant of a deceased child of Co-Trustors for whom a trust is then held, that portion of the trust held for such decedent (including both principal and any accrued or undistributed income) which is not exempt from the generation-skipping transfer tax imposed by Chapter 13 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor provisions) shall be distributed to such one or more persons or entities, including the decedent's estate, and on such terms and conditions, either outright or in trust, as the decedent shall have appointed by the last dated instrument delivered to the Trustee, including a Will (whether or not admitted to probate), specifically referring to and exercising this power of appointment. Any of such portion of the trust as is not appointed, together with that portion of the trust that is exempt from the generation-skipping transfer tax, shall be apportioned in partial shares among said decedent's living lawful descendants upon the principle of representation, which partial shares shall constitute and be held, administered and distributed as separate trusts according to the provisions of this Trust Agreement. D. Death of Beneficiary with No Descendants. Upon the death of a beneficiary for whom a trust is then held who leaves no living lawful descendants, the balance of such decedent's trust not disposed of under the general power of appointment referred to hereinabove in Paragraph C. of this ARTICLE VI shall go to proportionately augment the other trusts then held and those previously distributed, in whole or in part, upon the principle of representation of his or her nearest ancestor, not more remote than Co-Trustors, then having living lawful descendants, except that no such trust shall go to augment the trust of any child or descendant of the Co-Trustors previously deceased who then has no living lawful descendants. E. Distribution to Heirs at Law. If, at any time prior to distribution in full of all of the separate trusts established hereby, all of the Co-Trustors' lawful issue are deceased and no other disposition of the trust estate is directed by this instrument, the remaining portion of any such trusts shall then be distributed, free of trust, one-half (1/2) to the then surviving heirs at law of each Co-Trustor as determined by the laws of intestate succession then existing in the State of ***Q5***; excluding, however, any provision for distribution to heirs of a predeceased spouse. F. Definitions. The terms "issue", "descendants", "child" and "children", unless otherwise designated herein, shall include adopted children and step-children of the present marriage of the Co-Trustors; adopted "issue" of descendants; and lineal descendants, both natural and legally adopted indefinitely. Such terms shall specifically exclude individuals adopted out of the family of Co-Trustors or out of the family of a descendant of Co-Trustors. The word "living" shall include unborn persons in the period of gestation. ARTICLE VII DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND PRINCIPAL A. Payment of Trust Expenses. Upon distribution to or receipt by the Trustee of the trust estate, the Trustee shall, from income which accrues or is received after such distribution or receipt, or from principal, pay or reserve sufficient funds to pay all expenses or management and administration of the trust, including the compensation of the Trustee, as defined in ARTICLE XV, all or any part of which may, in the discretion of the Trustee, be charged either to income or principal of the trust estate. The remaining income shall be referred to as "net income." B. Payment of Net Income. The Trustee may pay to or apply for the benefit of each beneficiary who has not yet attained the age of twenty-one (21) years as much of the net income of the trust as the Trustee shall determine to be in the best interest of and tending to promote the welfare of such beneficiary, after taking into consideration, to the extent the Trustee deems advisable, any other income or resources of such beneficiary. After a beneficiary for whom a trust is then held attains the age of twenty-one (21) years, the Trustee shall pay to or apply for the benefit of such beneficiary the net income of the trust in convenient intervals not less frequently than quarter-annually. C. Invasion of Principal. If the Trustee deems the net income available hereunder not sufficient to provide for the reasonable health, support, maintenance and education of any beneficiary for whom a trust is then held, taking into consideration any other income and financial resources of such beneficiary, so far as known to the Trustee, it may, as often as it deems necessary, pay to or apply for the use and benefit of such beneficiary such part of the principal of the respective trust of such beneficiary, up to and including the whole thereof, as is necessary for the reasonable health, support, maintenance and education of such beneficiary. D. Payment To or For Benefit of Minor or Disabled Beneficiary. The Trustee, in its discretion, may make net income or principal payments to a minor or a beneficiary under disability by making such payments to the guardian or conservator of his or her person, to a custodian under a Uniform Transfers to Minors Act or similar statute applicable in the State of ***Q5***, or to any suitable person with whom he or she resides, or the Trustee may apply such payments directly for the beneficiary's benefit. The Trustee may make net income or principal payments directly to a minor child if, in the Trustee's discretion, such child is of sufficient maturity to manage such distribution. E. Payments Not to Discharge Co-Trustors' Support Obligations. Any other provisions of this instrument notwithstanding, income or principal of the trust estate shall not be used to discharge, in whole or in part, the Co-Trustors' legal obligation, from time to time existing, to support and educate any of the beneficiaries of this trust. When determining the legal obligation of any person to support and educate any of the beneficiaries of this trust, the existence of this trust and funds made available by it shall not be taken into consideration. F. Final Distribution to Beneficiary. Whenever any beneficiary for whom a trust is then held shall have attained the age of ***Q21*** years, the Trustee shall distribute to such beneficiary, free of trust, the entire principal and accumulated income, if any, of his or her separate trust. ARTICLE VIII AUTOMATIC TERMINATION Unless sooner terminated in the manner herein provided, each trust shall cease and terminate one day prior to twenty-one (21) years from the death of the last to die of the Co-Trustors or any of the beneficiaries of this trust who are living at the date this trust is executed, whichever death shall last occur. Upon such termination, the entire trust estate, including principal and any accrued or undistributed net income thereon, shall be distributed to the persons for whom the trust estate is then held, in proportion to the trusts then held for such persons. ARTICLE IX EDUCATION OF BENEFICIARIES Whenever provision is made in this Trust Agreement for the "education" of a beneficiary, the term "education" shall be construed to include college and postgraduate study, so long as pursued to advantage by the beneficiary, at an institution of the beneficiary's choice. In determining payments to be made for such college or postgraduate education, the Trustee shall take into consideration the beneficiary's related living expenses to the extent they are reasonable. ARTICLE X SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION No beneficiary of this trust shall have any right to alienate, encumber or hypothecate his interest in the trust to claims of his creditors, or to render such interest liable to attachment, execution, or other process of law. The income of this trust shall not be pledged, assigned, transferred, sold or accelerated, anticipated or encumbered in any manner whatsoever by any beneficiary, nor shall any income of the trust be in any manner subject to or liable in the hands of the Trustee for the debts, contracts or encroachments of any beneficiary or be subject to any assignments or any other voluntary or involuntary alienation or disposition whatsoever. If the creditor of any beneficiary who is entitled to any distributions from a trust established under this Trust Agreement shall attempt by any means to subject to the satisfaction of his claim such beneficiary's interest in distribution, then, notwithstanding any other provision herein, until the release of the writ of attachment or garnishment or other process, the distribution set aside for such beneficiary shall be disposed of as follows: A. Distribution to Beneficiary. The Trustee shall pay to or apply for the benefit of such beneficiary such sums as the Trustee shall determine to be necessary for the reasonable health, education and support of the beneficiary according to his or her accustomed mode of life. B. Disposition of Excess. The portion of the distribution that the Trustee shall determine to be in excess of the amount necessary for such health, education and support shall be, in the Trustee's discretion, added to and become principal of the trust share of such beneficiary. ARTICLE XI TRUSTEE'S POWERS In addition to all other powers and discretion granted to or vested in the Trustee by law or by this Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall have full power to do everything it deems to be in the best interests of the beneficiaries of the trust, including, but not limited to, the following: A. Power to Retain Trust Property. To continue to hold any property received in trust, including undivided interests in real property, and to operate any property or any business received in trust as long as the Trustee, in the Trustee's discretion, may deem advisable, notwithstanding the fact that any or all of the investments retained are of a character or size which, but for this express authority, would not be considered proper for the Trustee. B. Power to Manage Trust Property. To manage, control, sell, convey, exchange, partition, divide, subdivide, improve and repair; to grant options and to sell upon deferred payments; to lease for terms within or extending beyond the duration of the trust, for any purpose, including exploration for and removal of oil, gas and other minerals; to enter into oil, gas and mineral leases, assignments, farmouts, farmins and joint ventures; to purchase and sell gas, oil and mineral royalties, to create restrictions, easements, and other servitudes; to compromise, arbitrate, or otherwise adjust claims in favor of or against the trust; to institute, compromise and defend actions and proceedings; to construct, alter or demolish any buildings; and to carry such insurance as the Trustee may deem advisable. C. Power to Invest. To invest and reinvest the principal and to purchase or acquire therewith every kind of property, real or personal, and every kind of investment, specifically including, but not by way of limitation, commodities of every nature, corporate obligations of every kind, precious metals such as gold or silver, and stocks, preferred or common, and to buy stocks, bonds, commodities and similar investments on margin or other leveraged accounts and to short sell such accounts, and to buy, sell and write stock and other security options, and to enter into commercial partnership as a partner, limited or general, and to operate any business as a sole proprietor. To open, operate and maintain a securities brokerage account wherein any securities may be bought and/or sold on margin, and to hypothecate, borrow upon, purchase and/or sell existing securities in such account as the Trustee may deem appropriate or useful. D. Power to Retain Trust Property without Diversification. To retain, without liability for loss or depreciation resulting from such retention, original property, real or personal, at any time received by the Trustee, for such time as the Trustee shall deem best, even though such property may not be of the character prescribed by law or by the terms of this trust for the investment of trust funds, and although it may represent a large percentage of the total trust or estate property, and without being required to observe the principle of diversification of trust investments. E. Power to Retain Unproductive Property. To retain uninvested all or any part of the trust estate from such time, and from time to time, as the Trustee may deem advisable. F. Power to Borrow. To borrow money for any trust purpose upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee may deem proper, and to obligate the trust estate by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, or otherwise, using such procedure to consummate the transaction as the Trustee may deem advisable. G. Power to Manage Securities. To have, respecting securities, all the rights, powers and privileges of an owner, including the power to pay assessments and other sums deemed by the Trustee necessary for the protection of the trust estate; to participate in voting trusts, pooling agreements, foreclosures, recapitalizations, reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, and liquidations, and in connection therewith to deposit securities with and transfer title to any protective or other committee under such terms as the Trustee may deem advisable; to exercise or sell stock subscription or conversion rights, to accept and retain as an investment any securities or other property received through the exercise of the foregoing powers. H. Power to Partition, Allot and Distribute. Upon any division or distribution of the trust estate, to partition, allot and distribute the trust estate in undivided interests or in kind, or partly in money and partly in kind, at valuations determined by the Trustee, and to sell such property as the Trustee may deem necessary to make division or distribution. The power of the Trustee to make distributions in kind shall include the power to make non-pro rata distributions in kind without regard to the income tax basis of assets so distributed. I. Power to Determine Principal and Income. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Trust Agreement, the determination of all matters relating to principal and income and receipts and expenses shall be governed by the provisions of the Uniform Principal and Income Act or similar statute applicable in the State of ***Q5*** from time to time existing. Any such matter not provided for either in this instrument or in the Uniform Principal and Income Act or similar statute applicable in the State of ***Q5*** shall be determined by the Trustee in the Trustee's discretion. The Trustee's powers shall be subject, at any time that a beneficiary shall be a Trustee hereunder, to the Trustee's duty to treat income and remainder beneficiaries equitably. J. Power to Distribute Income. To make payments, if any, of the net income of the trust in quarterly or more frequent intervals as may be convenient to the Trustee. Upon the death of the income beneficiary of the trust during its continuance, any accumulated income which would have been paid to such beneficiary had he or she survived shall not be payable to his or her estate but shall be paid to his or her successors or successor in interest in the trust as hereinabove provided. K. Power to Employ Counsel. To employ counsel and corporate or other agents in the discharge of their duties and to pay them a reasonable compensation out of either income or principal, in the Trustee's discretion, and to rely upon the advice of counsel and to suffer no liability resulting from any action taken or withheld pursuant to such advice. L. Power to Pay Taxes and Expenses Relative to Trust Property. To pay from time to time all taxes, assessments, including corporate assessments, and other charges levied or accruing against or on account of the trust property, and to pay all expenses of the trust, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee. To deduct all said taxes, assessments, charges and expenses from the income or principal of the trust as the Trustee may deem proper, giving consideration to whether it was income or principal or an allocation between them which gave rise to such taxes, charges and expenses. M. Power to Hold Trust Property in the Name of a Nominee. To take title to any property in its name as Trustee hereunder or in its own name or in the name of a nominee without disclosing the trust, or, in the case of securities, to take and keep the same unregistered and to retain them in such manner that title may pass by delivery; or, in the case of real estate, to keep deeds unrecorded; or to deposit cash in a checking or savings account without indication of any fiduciary capacity. N. Power to Distribute to or for the Benefit of Minor or Disabled Beneficiary. In any case in which a trust share is distributable to a beneficiary who has not reached majority in the state of his or her residence, or in any case where mandatory or discretionary payments of income or principal are to be made to such a minor or other beneficiary under legal disability, the Trustee may, in its discretion, distribute income or principal directly to the beneficiary, to the guardian or parent of the beneficiary, to a bank account in trust, to a custodianship for the beneficiary or to a person with whom the beneficiary resides. The receipt of the beneficiary, guardian, parent or person shall discharge the Trustee from its responsibility for the proper expenditure of income or principal. O. Power to Pay Taxes. To pay out of the trust shares or income interests giving rise to such taxes, all state, federal and local property taxes, income taxes and all other taxes relating to the trust estate. P. Power to Lend. To lend money to any person, including the probate estate of either Co-Trustor, provided that any such loan shall be adequately secured and shall bear a reasonable rate of interest. Q. Power to Insure. To carry insurance of such kinds and in such amounts as the Trustee deems advisable, at the expense of the trust, to protect the trust estate and the Trustee personally against hazard. R. Power to Commence or Defend Litigation and to Compromise. To commence or defend, at the expense of the trust, such litigation with respect to the trust or any property of the trust estate as the Trustee may deem advisable, and to compromise or otherwise adjust claims or litigation against or in favor of the trust. S. Power to Withhold Payment Pursuant to Conflicting Claims. To withhold from distribution, in the Trustee's discretion, at the time for distribution of any property in this trust, without the payment of interest, all or any part of the property, so long as the Trustee shall determine, in the Trustee's discretion, that such property may be subject to conflicting claims, to tax deficiencies, or to liabilities, contingent or otherwise, properly incurred in the administration of the trust estate. The Trustee is under no obligation to make such retentions and shall be under no liability whatever for the exercise or the failure to exercise such discretion. The interests of the beneficiaries hereunder shall be vested regardless of whether or not such assets are so retained, and all income required to be distributed shall be payable to such beneficiaries in convenient intervals not less frequently than quarter-annually. T. Power to Adjust for Tax Consequences. To take any action and to make any election, in the Trustee's discretion, in order to minimize the tax liabilities of this trust and its beneficiaries or to extend the time for payment of any tax liabilities. The Trustee shall allocate the benefits from such action or election among the various beneficiaries. The Trustee shall make adjustments in the rights of any beneficiaries, or between the income and principal accounts, to compensate for the consequences of any tax election, investment, or administrative decision that the Trustee believes has had the effect of directly or indirectly preferring one beneficiary or group of beneficiaries over others. ARTICLE XII LIMITATION OF POWERS The Trustee is expressly prohibited from exercising any power vested in the Trustee primarily for the benefit of either of the Co-Trustors rather than for the benefit of the beneficiaries. Neither Co-Trustor shall have the power to purchase, exchange, or otherwise deal with or dispose of the principal or the income of the trust estate for less than an adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth or the power to borrow the principal or income of the trust estate, directly, or indirectly, without adequate interest or without adequate security. The Trustee shall have no power which would cause the trust estate to be taxable in the estate of the Trustee for federal estate tax or state inheritance tax purposes. ARTICLE XIII RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING The Trustee shall keep and maintain adequate books and records reflecting all income and principal transactions. The Trustee shall render an accounting from time to time, but not less frequently than every year after any prior accounting, regarding the transactions of any trust created by this instrument. Accountings shall also be rendered by any Trustee within thirty (30) days after his resignation, removal by a court of competent jurisdiction or removal pursuant to ARTICLE XIV herein. Accountings shall be made by delivering a written accounting to each beneficiary entitled to current distribution out of income or principal in the Trustee's discretion and to each remainderman in being. If any person entitled to receive an accounting is a minor or is under disability, the accounting shall be delivered to his parents or the guardian of his person if he is a minor, or to the conservator of his person if he is under any disability. Unless any beneficiary, including parents, guardians, or conservators of beneficiaries, shall deliver a written objection to the Trustee within sixty (60) days after receipt of the Trustee's account, the account shall be final and conclusive in respect to transactions disclosed in the account as to all beneficiaries of the trust, including unborn and unascertained beneficiaries. After settlement of the account by agreement of the parties objecting to it, or by expiration of the sixty (60) day period, the Trustee shall no longer be liable to any beneficiary of the trust, including unborn children and unascertained beneficiaries, in respect to transactions disclosed in the account, except for the Trustee's intentional wrongdoing or fraud. ARTICLE XIV TRUSTEES AND SUCCESSORS A. Resignation of Trustee. Any Trustee of this trust may resign as Trustee upon the giving of thirty (30) days notice in writing to the Co-Trustors, or to the survivor of them, or, after the death of both Co-Trustors, to the beneficiaries of the trust or to the natural or legal guardians of such beneficiaries. An accounting shall be rendered by such resigning Trustee within thirty (30) days after resignation, in accordance with the terms and conditions of ARTICLE XIII. B. Appointment of Successor Trustee. Upon the death, resignation or incapacity of ***Q19*** as Trustee, the successor Trustee shall be ***Q20***. In the event that all of the named Trustees shall die, resign or be incapacitated, a successor Trustee or successor Co-Trustees shall be appointed by a majority in interest of the then living beneficiaries, with a parent or guardian voting for each minor beneficiary. C. Notification to Trustee of Events Affecting Beneficial Interests. Unless the Trustee shall have received actual written notice of the occurrence of an event affecting the beneficial interests of the trust, the Trustee shall not be liable to any beneficiary of this trust for distribution made as though the event had not occurred. D. Trustee's Liability to Beneficiaries. No Trustee shall be liable to any beneficiary or to any heir of the Co-Trustors for the Trustee's acts or failure to act, except for willful misconduct or gross negligence. E. Reimbursement of Expenses to Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement from the trust estate, without limitation to particular assets, for all reasonable expenses incurred in the management and protection of trust property, including any expenses incurred in the conduct of any business operated under the terms of this trust. F. Powers and Liability of Successor Trustee. No successor Trustee shall be required to conduct an audit or account of the fiduciary conduct of any previous Trustee and shall incur no liability whatsoever by its failure to examine the prior trust record. Every successor Trustee shall have all of the powers given the originally named Trustee. No successor Trustee shall be personally liable for any act or omission of any predecessor. G. Powers of Co-Trustees to Act Independently. Whenever Co-Trustees are named in the Trust agreement, either Co-Trustee shall have power to make any decision, undertake any action or execute any documents affecting the trusts related herein. If either Co-Trustee disagrees with the action the other Co-Trustee may be contemplating or has taken, the objecting Trustee may, in writing, make known his objections. Upon the mailing of the objections to the Co-Trustees, by postage paid first class mail, the objecting Co-Trustee shall be released from all liability resulting from the action or decision of the other Co-Trustee. Any notice required or allowed to be given may be given under this Trust Agreement to either Co-Trustee. H. Delegation of Power to Co-Trustee(s). Any acting Co-Trustee may, from time to time, delegate to one or more of the remaining acting Co-Trustees any powers, duties or directions. Every such delegation shall be in writing, delivered to the delegate or delegates and shall remain in effect for the period of time specified in such written delegation or until earlier revocation in writing is delivered to such delegate or delegates. The certification of any Trustee as to the name and authority of any Trustee acting by reason or delegation or otherwise shall be sufficient evidence and shall indemnify any person relying upon such certification. I. Guardianship or Conservatorship of Trustee. The establishment of a Guardianship or Conservatorship of the Trustee, whether it is of the Estate or the Person, shall cause the trusteeship of such individual to terminate and to pass to the successor Trustee. Additionally, should two physicians, neither of whom is a beneficiary hereunder, related to either of the Co-Trustors or the Trustee within the second degree, nor related to any beneficiary of this trust within the second degree, certify that the Trustee is incompetent to act as Trustee, such trusteeship shall terminate and pass to the successor Trustee upon notification of such certification to the Co-Trustors, the Trustee and each beneficiary for whom a trust is then held. Should either Co-Trustor, the Trustee or any beneficiary for whom a trust is then held object to such certification, such objecting party may seek a legal determination of incompetence in any court of competent jurisdiction. J. Bond of Trustee. No bond shall be required of any person named as Trustee or any person appointed as Trustee in the manner specified herein for the faithful performance of his duties as Trustee. ARTICLE XV COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEE Unless waived, the Trustee shall receive as compensation for its services, such commissions as may customarily be charged by commercial trust companies for services as a trustee of an irrevocable trust in the State of ***Q5***. ARTICLE XVI GOVERNING LAW The validity of this trust with respect to real property shall be governed by the state of its situs. The validity of this trust with respect to personal property, and the construction, interpretation and administration of this trust with respect to all property, shall be governed by the laws of the State of ***Q5*** in force from time to time. ARTICLE XVII VALIDITY OF TRUST AGREEMENT A. Conflict with Jurisdictional Law. This Trust Agreement shall be construed in such a manner as to uphold its validity in the event that any provision would otherwise appear to conflict with the law of the jurisdiction governing such trust provision in question. B. Distribution Required by Court. In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall make a final determination that some individual or institution other than a named beneficiary hereunder is, in fact, to be a recipient of a portion or all of this trust estate, the Trustee shall distribute to such court-determined beneficiary such share as such court shall order, and the Trustee and attorney for the trust shall be absolved from any liability whatever for carrying out such order, and all beneficiaries herein shall be bound by such court order. Should any such court make such a determination after any assets are distributed hereunder, the individual or individuals receiving such assets shall return them to the Trustee for redistribution in accordance with the court order. C. Unenforceable Provisions. If any provision of this Trust Agreement is or should become invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall, nevertheless, continue in full force and effect. D. Headings. The headings, titles and subtitles used herein are for the convenience of reference only and do not form a part hereof and in no way modify, interpret or construe the meanings of the provisions contained herein and shall not affect the construction hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ***Q1*** and ***Q2***, Co-Trustors, and ***Q19***, as evidence of the acceptance of the responsibilities of Trustee hereunder, have signed this Trust Agreement. CO-TRUSTORS: ______________________________ ***Q1*** ______________________________ ***Q2*** TRUSTEE: ______________________________ ***Q19*** STATE OF ***Q7*** ) : ss. COUNTY OF ***Q6***) On the ______ day of _______________, 19___, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared ***Q1*** and ***Q2***, known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same. WITNESS my hand and official seal. ______________________________ Notary Public STATE OF ***Q7*** ) : ss. COUNTY OF ***Q6***) On the ______ day of _______________, 19___, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared ***Q19***, known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same. WITNESS my hand and official seal. _______________________________ Notary Public