{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1106","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1106","heading":"Multiple beneficiaries; separate custodial trusts; survivorship.","body":"(a)\nBeneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of spouses or domestic partners, for whom survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship.\n\n(b)\nCustodial trust property held under this chapter by the same custodial trustee for the use and benefit of the same beneficiary may be administered as a single custodial trust.\n\n(c)\nA custodial trustee of custodial trust property held for more than one beneficiary shall separately account to each beneficiary pursuant to sections 19-1108 and 19-1115 for the administration of the custodial trust.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 11. Custodial Trusts; Uniform Law."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1106","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e962ecbbf079cdfab1d4e56fe93930a87667bedffa8cffbb4eaf944083481ec4","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1105","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}