Prob. Code, § 15601 · Article 1. General Provisions
Prob. Code, § 15601
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person named as trustee may in writing reject the trust or a modification of the trust.
(b) If the person named as trustee does not accept the trust or a modification of the trust by a method provided in subdivision (a) of Section 15600 within a reasonable time after learning of being named as trustee or of the modification, the person has rejected the trust or the modification.
(c) A person named as trustee who rejects the trust or a modification of the trust is not liable with respect to the rejected trust or modification.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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