{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1117","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1117","heading":"Distribution on termination.","body":"(a)\nUpon termination of a custodial trust, the custodial trustee shall transfer the unexpended custodial trust property:\n(1)\nTo the beneficiary, if not incapacitated or deceased;\n(2)\nTo the conservator or other recipient designated by the court for an incapacitated beneficiary; or\n(3)\nUpon the beneficiary’s death, in the following order:\n(A)\nAs last directed in a writing signed by the deceased beneficiary while not incapacitated and received by the custodial trustee during the life of the deceased beneficiary;\n(B)\nTo the survivor of multiple beneficiaries if survivorship is provided for pursuant to section 19-1106;\n(C)\nAs designated in the instrument creating the custodial trust; or\n(D)\nTo the estate of the deceased beneficiary.\n\n(b)\nIf, when the custodial trust would otherwise terminate, the distributee is incapacitated, the custodial trust continues for the use and benefit of the distributee as beneficiary until the incapacity is removed or the custodial trust is otherwise terminated.\n\n(c)\nDeath of a beneficiary does not terminate the power of the custodial trustee to discharge obligations of the custodial trustee or beneficiary incurred before the termination 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/19-1117","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a61efa189b739abfe7e1b1ee967127c7d8e67dcf4e38ede7f44fdd554c8f915d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1116","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}