U/A

Law & Legal abbreviation · Estate and Family Law

U/A stands for Under agreement, an estate and family law abbreviation.

Notation in trust account titles showing that the trust was created by a written trust agreement, usually followed by DTD and the date the agreement was signed. It distinguishes a living trust from a testamentary trust created under a will, written U/W.

Example: The account is titled "Mary Chen TTEE U/A DTD 06/15/2018 FBO Chen Family Trust".

Usage notes

Variants include U/T/A (under trust agreement) and U/D/T (under declaration of trust). Financial institutions ask for a certification of trust, or the agreement's first and signature pages, to verify the trustee's authority.

Related abbreviations

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• SNT – Special needs trust
• TIC – Tenants in common
• TOD – Transfer on death
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• TTEE – Trustee
• UCCJEA – Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
• UGMA – Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
• UIFSA – Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
• UPC – Uniform Probate Code
• UTC – Uniform Trust Code
• UTMA – Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

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