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Precatory Trust

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A quick definition of Precatory Trust:

A precatory trust is a type of trust that is created with language that expresses a future wish or intent, but the court still finds legally enforceable duties. Normally, a trust must have language that expresses a present intent to create legally enforceable duties on the trustee. However, in some cases, the court will still find intent to create legally enforceable duties in a trust that uses precatory language by looking at the relationship between the parties. This means that the trust will not fail for lack of trust intent.

A more thorough explanation:

A precatory trust is a type of trust that is created with language that expresses a future intent or a wish, but in which the court still finds legally enforceable duties. Normally, a trust must have language that expresses a present intent to create legally enforceable duties on the trustee in order to be valid. However, in some cases, the court will still find intent to create legally enforceable duties in a trust that uses precatory language.

For example, if a father creates a trust for his son and uses language like "I hope my son will use this money for his education," the court may still find that the father intended to create legally enforceable duties on the trustee (in this case, the son) to use the money for education. This is because of the familial relationship between the father and son, which suggests that the father intended for the trust to be more than just a suggestion or wish.

Another example of a precatory trust might be a trust created by a wealthy philanthropist who wants to leave money to a charity, but uses language like "I hope the charity will use this money to help the homeless." Again, the court may find that the philanthropist intended to create legally enforceable duties on the charity to use the money for the specified purpose.

In both of these examples, the court is looking beyond the specific language used in the trust to determine the intent of the person who created it. If the court finds that there was a clear intent to create legally enforceable duties, then the trust will be valid and enforceable.

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usc pls pull through .....
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WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:38
oh that's right USC might release
soapy
9:43
USC still has not looked at my app
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:43
when did you submit soapy?
soapy
9:44
10/16
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:44
to be fair it took them almost 2 months for me to go under review
soapy
9:44
Feelin a bit stressed, as I've got no date change for Michigan either despite applying 10/7
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:45
I have not had a date change either for Mich but I've seen people get in without one so who knows
I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw
soapy
9:46
But do people get in without addresses going long?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:46
it's tough to tell because a lot of people type out their addresses long to begin with
soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
Mich overrated (Dean Z please let me in even tho i didnt apply and I am below both 25ths)
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:01
The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.
soapy
10:06
Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?
1a2b3c4d26z
10:06
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1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
Walkin to the bus
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
What a good day to get into law school
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:11
@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.
soapy
10:12
Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:14
You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.
soapy
10:15
I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.
i think it just indicates a change in status like under review or stages of review
my stanford address went long as soon as it was marked complete lmao
soapy
10:25
I saw some Reddit adcom say that they can see any time we refresh the status checker; I wonder if it's a red flag if an applicant's checked it like 50 times in a day?
soapy
10:25
Also, can we send another LoR to a school that we've already applied to?
soapy
10:26
Or another essay?
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