Georgia § 53-12-505 - Relief from duty and liability.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 53-12-505 — Relief from duty and liability., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53-12-505. Relief from duty and liability.
A trust instrument may relieve a cotrustee from duty and liability with respect to another cotrustee's exercise or nonexercise of a power of the other cotrustee to the same extent that a directed trustee is relieved from duty and liability with respect to a trust director's power of direction under this article. (Code 1981, § 53-12-505 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 262, § 25/HB 121.)
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