Section 7-6.3. Nomination of custodian  


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  • (a)  A  person having the right to designate the recipient of property
      transferable upon  the  occurrence  of  a  future  event  may  revocably
      nominate  a  custodian  to  receive the property for a minor beneficiary
      upon the occurrence of the event by naming  the  custodian  followed  in
      substance  by  the  words  "as  custodian for _________________ (name of
      minor) under  the  New  York  Uniform  Transfers  to  Minors  Act."  The
      nomination may name one or more persons as substitute custodians to whom
      the  property  must  be  transferred,  in  the order named, if the first
      nominated custodian dies before the transfer or is unable, declines,  or
      is ineligible to serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a
      deed,  an  instrument exercising a power of appointment, or in a writing
      designating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered with
      or delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor of  the  contractual
      rights.
        (b)  A custodian nominated under this section must be a person to whom
      a transfer of property of that kind may be made under paragraph  (a)  of
      7-6.9.
        (c)  The  nomination of a custodian under this section does not create
      custodial property until the nominating instrument  becomes  irrevocable
      or  a  transfer  to  the  nominated  custodian is completed under 7-6.9.
      Unless the  nomination  of  a  custodian  has  been  revoked,  upon  the
      occurrence  of  the future event the custodianship becomes effective and
      the custodian  shall  enforce  a  transfer  of  the  custodial  property
      pursuant to 7-6.9.