{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-633a.4702","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 633A.4702","heading":"Discretionary language prevails over other standard.","body":"In the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, language in a governing instrument granting a trustee discretion to make or withhold a distribution shall prevail over any language in the governing instrument indicating that the beneficiary may have a legally enforceable right to distributions or indicating a standard for payments or distributions.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 633A - IOWA TRUST CODE","Subchapter IV - TRUST ADMINISTRATION","Part 7 - TRUST CONSTRUCTION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/633A.4702.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"7a30396508effd6989eb5ec466a4462713e10f441958fd1be89627cc89e2687e","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-633a.4701","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-633a.4703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}