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Prob. Code, § 16014 · Article 1. Trustee’s Duties in General

Prob. Code, § 16014

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) The trustee has a duty to apply the full extent of the trustee’s skills.

(b) If the settlor, in selecting the trustee, has relied on the trustee’s representation of having special skills, the trustee is held to the standard of the skills represented.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=16014.
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