{"data":{"id":"us-me/18-b-m.r.s.-413","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"18-B M.R.S. §413","heading":"Cy pres","body":"1.  Charitable purpose becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve or wasteful.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a particular charitable purpose of a trust becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve or wasteful:\nA.  The trust does not fail, in whole or in part;\nB.  The trust property does not revert to the settlor or the settlor's successors in interest; and\nC.  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.\n2.  Noncharitable beneficiary.  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 1 to apply cy pres to modify or terminate the trust only if, when the provision takes effect:\nA.  The trust property is to revert to the settlor and the settlor is still living; or\nB.  Fewer than 50 years have elapsed since the date of the trust's creation.","path":["TITLE 18-B: TRUSTS","PART 1: MAINE UNIFORM TRUST CODE","CHAPTER 4: CREATION, VALIDITY, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-B/title18-Bsec413.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"a9f237a540652cdff78359a5b402ad88133cc99a22d984b7d40f7d1c4eae0eaa","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/18-b-m.r.s.-412","next":"us-me/18-b-m.r.s.-414"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}