California Probate Code

§ 16614

PROB § 16614 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 6

Statute text

(a)Subject to subdivision (b), a directed trustee shall take reasonable action to comply with a trust director’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under subdivision (b) of Section 16608, and the trustee is not liable for the action.

(b)A directed trustee shall not comply with a trust director’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under subdivision (b) of Section 16608 to the extent that, by complying, the trustee would engage in willful misconduct.

(c)An exercise of a power of direction under which a trust director may release a trustee or another trust director from liability for breach of trust is not effective if any of the following is true:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 721, Sec. 3. (SB 801) Effective January 1, 2024.