<section number="75B-2-105"><effdate>5/7/2025</effdate><histories><history>Renumbered and Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">310</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Default and mandatory rules.</catchline><subsection number="75B-2-105(1)">Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the trust, this chapter governs the duties and powers of a trustee, relations among trustees, and the rights and interests of a beneficiary.</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)">Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the terms of a trust prevail over any provision of this chapter except:<subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(a)">the requirements for creating a trust;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(b)">subject to Sections <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-3-109">75B-3-109</xref>, <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-3-111">75B-3-111</xref>, and <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-3-112">75B-3-112</xref>, the duty of a trustee to act in good faith and in accordance with the purposes of the trust;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(c)">the requirement that a trust and the terms of the trust be for the benefit of the trust's beneficiaries;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(d)">the power of the court to modify or terminate a trust under Sections <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-410">75B-2-410</xref> through <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-416">75B-2-416</xref>;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(e)">the effect of a spendthrift provision, an asset protection trust described in Chapter 1, Part 3, Asset Protection Trust, and the rights of certain creditors and assignees to reach a trust as provided in <xref depth="2" refnumber="75B-1-5">Part 5</xref>, Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(f)">the power of the court under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-702">75B-2-702</xref> to require, dispense with, or modify or terminate a bond;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(g)">the effect of an exculpatory term under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-1008">75B-2-1008</xref>;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(h)">the rights under Sections <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-1010">75B-2-1010</xref> through <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-1013">75B-2-1013</xref> of a person other than a trustee or beneficiary;</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(i)">periods of limitation for commencing a judicial proceeding; and</subsection><subsection number="75B-2-105(2)(j)">the jurisdiction and venue requirements for an action involving a trust as described in Sections <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-203">75B-2-203</xref> and <xref depth="3" refnumber="75B-2-205">75B-2-205</xref>.</subsection></subsection></section>