Vermont § 1010 - Limitation on personal liability of trustee

§ 1010. Limitation on personal liability of trustee

• (a) Except as otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on
  a contract properly entered into in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity in the course
  of administering the trust if the trustee in making the contract disclosed the fiduciary
  capacity. The addition of the phrase “trustee” or “as trustee” or a similar designation
  to the signature of a trustee on a written contract is considered prima facie evidence
  of a disclosure of fiduciary capacity. (b) A trustee is personally liable for torts committed in the course of administering
  a trust, or for obligations arising from ownership or control of trust property, including
  liability for violation of environmental law, only if the trustee is personally at
  fault. (c) A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity,
  on an obligation arising from ownership or control of trust property, or on a tort
  committed in the course of administering a trust, may be asserted in a judicial proceeding
  against the trustee in the trustee’s fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee
  is personally liable for the claim. (Added 2009, No. 20, § 1.)