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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries § 8162. Mandatory disbursements from principal

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Mandatory disbursements.--A trustee shall make the following disbursements from principal:

(1) Extraordinary expenses incurred in connection with the administration, management or preservation of trust property and the distribution of income.

(2) Extraordinary repairs.

(3) Compensation for legal services to the trustee.

(4) Expenses in connection with accountings and judicial or other proceedings. This paragraph includes proceedings to construe, modify or reform the trust or to protect the trust or its property.

(5) Payments on the principal of a trust debt.

(6) Premiums paid on a policy of insurance not described in section 8161(4) (relating to mandatory disbursements from income) of which the trust is the owner and beneficiary.

(7) Estate, inheritance and other transfer taxes, including interest and penalties, apportioned to the trust.

(8) Disbursements related to environmental matters. This paragraph includes:

(i) Reclamation.

(ii) Assessing environmental conditions.

(iii) Remedying and removing environmental contamination.

(iv) Monitoring remedial activities and the release of substances.

(v) Preventing future releases of substances.

(vi) Collecting amounts from persons liable or potentially liable for the costs of those activities.

(vii) Penalties imposed under environmental statutes or regulations and other payments made to comply with those statutes or regulations.

(viii) Statutory or common law claims by third parties.

(ix) Defending claims based on environmental matters.

(b) Mandatory reimbursement.--If a principal asset is encumbered with an obligation which requires income from that asset to be paid directly to the creditor, the trustee shall transfer from principal to income an amount equal to the income paid to the creditor in reduction of the principal balance of the obligation.

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