{"data":{"id":"us-il/760-ilcs-3-413","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"760 ILCS 3/413","heading":"Cy pres.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if a particular charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, or wasteful:\n(1) the trust does not fail, in whole or in part;\n(2) the trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor's successors in interest; and\n(3) the court may apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust by directing that the trust property be applied or distributed, in whole or in part, in a manner consistent with the settlor's charitable purposes.\n(b) A provision in the terms of a charitable trust that would result in distribution of the trust property to a noncharitable beneficiary prevails over the power of the court under subsection (a) to apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect:\n(1) the trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living; or\n(2) fewer than 21 years have elapsed since the date of the trust's creation.","path":["CHAPTER 760 TRUSTS AND FIDUCIARIES","Illinois Trust Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4001\u0026ChapterID=61\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:44Z","sha256":"7dd33ea341fa4432623b90622b5010d124d3e0261c2114252fee7641a38aa161","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/760-ilcs-3-412","next":"us-il/760-ilcs-3-414"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}