Georgia § 53-12-303 - Relief of liability.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 53-12-303 — Relief of liability., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53-12-303. Relief of liability.
No provision in a trust instrument shall be effective to relieve the trustee of liability for a breach of trust committed in bad faith or with reckless indifference to the interests of the beneficiaries. A trustee of a revocable trust shall not be liable to a beneficiary for any act performed or omitted pursuant to written direction from a person holding the power to revoke, including a person to whom the power to revoke the trust is delegated. If the trust is revocable in part, then this subsection shall apply with respect to the interest of the beneficiary in that part of the trust property. (Code 1981, § 53-12-303 , enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131; Ga. L. 2018, p. 262, § 23/HB 121.) Law reviews. - For article on the problems and benefits of multiple fiduciaries in estate planning, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 355 (1981). For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 219 (2018).
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