Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7752 (2026)

Revocation or amendment of revocable trust - UTC 602.

✓ current as of May 2026

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§ 7752. Revocation or amendment of revocable trust - UTC 602.

(a) Power to revoke or amend.--The settlor may revoke or amend a trust unless the terms of the trust expressly provide that the trust is irrevocable.

(b) More than one settlor.--If a revocable trust is created or funded by more than one settlor:

(1) to the extent the trust consists of community property, either spouse alone who notifies the other spouse may revoke the trust, but the trust may be amended only by joint action of both spouses;

(2) to the extent the trust consists of property other than community property, each settlor may revoke or amend the trust with respect to the portion of the trust property attributable to that settlor's contribution upon notice to each other settlor; and

(3) upon the revocation or amendment of the trust by fewer than all the settlors, the trustee shall promptly notify the other settlors of the revocation or amendment.

(c) How to revoke or amend.--The settlor may revoke or amend a revocable trust only:

(1) by substantial compliance with a method provided in the terms of the trust; or

(2) if the terms of the trust do not provide a method or the method provided in the terms of the trust is not expressly made exclusive, by a later writing, other than a will or codicil, that is signed by the settlor and expressly refers to the trust or specifically conveys property that would otherwise have passed according to the terms of the trust.

(d) Delivery of property.--Upon revocation of a revocable trust, the trustee shall deliver the trust property as the settlor directs.

(e) Agent.--A settlor's powers with respect to revocation or amendment of the nondispositive provisions of or withdrawal of property from a trust may be exercised by an agent under a power of attorney only to the extent expressly authorized by the terms of the trust or the power. The agent under a power of attorney that expressly authorizes the agent to do so may amend the dispositive provisions of a revocable trust as the court may direct.

(f) Guardian.--A guardian of the settlor's estate may exercise the settlor's powers with respect to revocation or amendment of or withdrawal of property from a revocable trust as the court may direct.

(g) Liability.--A trustee who does not know that a trust has been revoked or amended is not liable to the settlor, the settlor's successors in interest or the beneficiaries for distributions made and other actions taken on the assumption that the trust had not been amended or revoked.

(July 15, 2024, P.L.786, No.64, eff. 90 days)

2024 Amendment. Act 64 amended subsecs. (a), (c) and (e). See section 11 of Act 64 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to Uniform Trust Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2025 · leading case: Est. of Robert H. Agnew v. Ross, D., 152 A.3d 247 (Pa. 2017).

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Est. of Robert H. Agnew v. Ross, D., 152 A.3d 247 (Pa. 2017). · cites it 2× “20 Pa.C.S. §7752(c). In this case, the executed 2007 Trust Amendment expressly provides “I reserve the right from time to time, by an instrument in writing delivered to Trustee, to revoke or amend, either in whole or in part, this Agreement,” and thus requires a writing to…”

Re: Trust Under Deed of D. Kulig Apl of Budke, C., 175 A.3d 222 (Pa. 2017). · cites it 2× “2 or the commentary thereto expresses any specific legislative intent to change the pre-2006 framework for providing for pretermitted spouses and spouses otherwise deprived of the legislatively-determined minimum share of the deceased spouse’s assets reflected in Section 2203’s…”

Scalfaro v. Rudloff, 934 A.2d 1254 (Pa. 2007). · cites it 4× “[2] Notably, however, such *1261 common-law default rules are to be resorted to only where the courts are unable to discern a sufficient manifestation of intent of the settlors. [3] Here, I conclude that, although the trust declaration is poorly drafted and ambiguous, the…”

Joan Glisson Trust v. Delaware Valley Saving Bank (Pa. Super. Ct. 2014). · cites it 2× “Notwithstanding that 20 Pa.C.S. § 7752 is specifically applicable to revocable trusts, Alliance Bank cites Section 7740(a) of the Uniform Trust Act, which provides: A trust terminates to the extent it is revoked or expires pursuant to its terms, no purpose of the trust remains…”

In Re: Est. of Dixon, L. Appeal of: Dixon, G. & R. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2016). “(ii) The addition of 20 Pa.C.S. § 7752(a) shall not apply to trusts created before the effective date of this paragraph.”

In re: Est. of A.M. Crum, ~ Appeal of: J.D. Crum, of the Est. of A.M. Crum (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025). “Relatedly, a settlor can create many types of trusts, including noncharitable trusts. One type of noncharitable trust is a revocable, inter vivos trust, i.”

— 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7752(a) — 1 case

— 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7752(c) — 1 case

Est. of Robert H. Agnew v. Ross, D., 152 A.3d 247 (Pa. 2017). “20 Pa.C.S. §7752(c). In this case, the executed 2007 Trust Amendment expressly provides “I reserve the right from time to time, by an instrument in writing delivered to Trustee, to revoke or amend, either in whole or in part, this Agreement,” and thus requires a writing to…”

— 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7752(c)(1) — 1 case

Joan Glisson Trust v. Delaware Valley Saving Bank (Pa. Super. Ct. 2014). “Notwithstanding that 20 Pa.C.S. § 7752 is specifically applicable to revocable trusts, Alliance Bank cites Section 7740(a) of the Uniform Trust Act, which provides: A trust terminates to the extent it is revoked or expires pursuant to its terms, no purpose of the trust remains…”

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