{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-36c-8b-21","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 36C-8B-21","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 exercise. (2017-121, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 36C. North Carolina Uniform Trust Code.","Article 8B. North Carolina Uniform Trust Decanting Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_36C/GS_36C-8B-21.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:01:17Z","sha256":"7496529f3848cad78b077c29f17a2fc55aef7ef18108eaa24e23f00791f85fa2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-36c-8b-20","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-36c-8b-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}