Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C. Probate Code § 7-450. Liquidating asset

1. Liquidating asset. As used in this section, “liquidating asset” means an asset whose value will diminish or terminate because the asset is expected to produce receipts for a period of limited duration. “Liquidating asset” includes a leasehold, patent, copyright, royalty right and right to receive payments during a period of more than one year under an arrangement that does not provide for the payment of interest on the unpaid balance. “Liquidating asset” does not include a payment subject to section 7-449, resources subject to section 7-451, timber subject to section 7-452, an activity subject to section 7-454, an asset subject to section 7-455 or any asset for which the trustee establishes a reserve for depreciation under section 7-463.

2. Allocation. A trustee shall allocate to income 10% of the receipts from a liquidating asset and the balance to principal.