SDCL § 55-1A-29: Payment of sum distributable to minor or other beneficiary under legal disability--Methods.

A trustee may make payment of any sum distributable to a minor or other beneficiary under legal disability, without liability to himself, by paying the sum in any one or more of the following ways:

(1) Directly to the beneficiary;

(2) To the conservator of the beneficiary;

(3) Directly for the maintenance, education and general welfare of the beneficiary;

(4) To a parent of the beneficiary; or

(5) To anyone who has custody and care of the person of the beneficiary.