PetTrust.io has added a Washington, D.C. pet trust document packet, extending its state-specific coverage to all 50 states + Washington, D.C. The District of Columbia packet is drafted to D.C. Code § 19-1304.08, the District’s Uniform Trust Code provision authorizing a trust for the care of an animal alive during the settlor’s lifetime.
The District’s statute follows the Uniform Trust Code pattern: the trust may be enforced by a person appointed in its terms or by the court, any person with an interest in the animal’s welfare may ask the court to appoint or remove an enforcer, and property the court determines exceeds what the animal’s care requires passes to the settlor or the settlor’s successors in interest.
The packet reflects the District’s own conventions — including the "District of Columbia" notary acknowledgment venue form, since the District has no counties — along with the operative trust agreement, an information schedule, funding checklist, care instruction schedules, emergency and wallet cards, and D.C.-specific signing instructions.
A companion guide is available at pettrust.io/pet-trust-washington-dc.html, and the D.C. citation now appears in the public statute reference at pettrust.io/pet-trust-statutes.html alongside every state’s.
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