{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1921","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1921","heading":"Need to distribute not required.","body":"An authorized fiduciary may exercise the decanting power whether or not under the first trust's discretionary distribution standard the fiduciary would have made or could have been compelled to make a discretionary distribution of principal at the time of the exercise.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 19. Uniform Trust Decanting Code."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1921","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"97eb752fbe3fd35ee969b5ae2132037b6097b44377a1bc57644045344df31851","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1920","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1922"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}