Ohio Code § 5813.03
Ohio Code § 5813.03. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5813.03.
(A) Division (A) of section 5813.02 of the Revised Code does not apply if the applicable trust instrument expressly indicates the settlor's
intention that income is to be otherwise than as defined in division (A) of section 5813.02 of the Revised Code . (B) A restriction upon the definition of income in division (A) of section 5813.02 of the Revised Code may not be inferred from a designation of an institutional trust fund as an endowment;
a direction or authorization in the applicable trust instrument to use only “income,”
“interest,” “dividends,” or “rents, issues, or profits,” or “to preserve the principal
intact,” or a direction that contains other words of a similar import; a direction
in a trust instrument that income and principal are to be determined by reference
to certain statutory provisions; or, subject to division (A) of this section, the
inclusion of specified provisions in a trust instrument setting forth the way in which
income and principal are to be determined. (C) The rule of construction set forth in division (B) of this section applies to trust
instruments executed or in effect before, on, or after September 15, 1999.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5813.03
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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