Section 30-4-1-1 - Definition of "trust"; relationships excluded from this article; transferability of employee benefit trust(a) A trust is a fiduciary relationship between a person who, as trustee, holds title to property and another person for whom, as beneficiary, the title is held.(b) Subject to IC 30-4-2-8, the same person may be both the trustee and a beneficiary.(c) The rules of law contained in this article do not apply to:(1) trusts created by operation of law;(2) business trusts (as defined in IC 23-5-1);(3) security instruments and creditor arrangements;(5) religious, educational, and cultural institutions, created in other than trust form, except with respect to the application of IC 30-4-5-18 through IC 30-4-5-23 as those sections relate to the maintenance of federal income tax exemption privileges to which an institution is entitled;(6) corporations and other entities governed by IC 23-17, except with respect to IC 30-4-5-18 through IC 30-4-5-23 as those sections relate to the maintenance of federal income tax exemption privileges to which a corporation or other entity is entitled;(7) except as provided in this article for trusts for a benevolent public purpose and as provided in the Indiana uniform prudent investor act (IC 30-4-3.5):(A) prepaid funeral plans;(B) trusts for the care and upkeep of cemeteries; and(C) agreements to furnish funeral services; and(8) trusts created or authorized by statute other than this article.(d) IC 30-4-3-2(a) applies to an employee benefit trust that meets the requirements set forth in IC 30-4-3-2(c). However, no other provision of this article applies to an employee benefit trust.(Formerly: Acts1971 , P.L. 416, SEC.2; Acts1972 , P.L. 11, SEC.12.) As amended by P.L. 287-1987, SEC.1; P.L. 41-2000, SEC.1; P.L. 61-2008, SEC.12.