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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. Except as otherwise provided in the Uniform Trust Code, on the effective date of the Uniform Trust Code or of any amendment to that code:
(1) the Uniform Trust Code or the amendment applies to all trusts created before, on or after its effective date;
(2) the Uniform Trust Code or the amendment applies to all judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced on or after its effective date;
(3) the Uniform Trust Code or the amendment applies to judicial proceedings concerning trusts commenced before its effective date, unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of the Uniform Trust Code or the amendment would substantially interfere with the effective conduct of the judicial proceedings or prejudice the rights of the parties, in which case the particular provision of the Uniform Trust Code or the amendment does not apply and the superseded law applies;
(4) any rule of construction or presumption provided in the Uniform Trust Code or the amendment applies to trust instruments executed before the effective date of the Uniform Trust Code or any amendment to that code unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the trust; and
(5) an act done before the effective date of the Uniform Trust Code or any amendment to that code is not affected by the Uniform Trust Code or the amendment.
B. If a right is acquired, extinguished or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period that has commenced to run under any other statute before the effective date of the Uniform Trust Code or any amendment to that code, that statute continues to apply to the right even if it has been repealed or superseded.
C. The Uniform Trust Code or any amendment to that code does not apply to the trust created by the Enabling Act for New Mexico of June 20, 1910, 36 Stat. 557, Ch. 310.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 46A. Uniform Trust Code § 46A-11-1104. Application to existing relationships - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-46a-uniform-trust-code/nm-st-sect-46a-11-1104/
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