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Section 1008 - Exculpation of Trustee

MA Gen L ch 10 § 1008 (2019) (N/A)
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Section 1008. Exculpation of trustee

(a) A term of a trust relieving a trustee of liability for breach of trust shall be unenforceable to the extent that it:

(1) relieves the trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the trust or the interests of the beneficiaries; or

(2) was inserted as the result of an abuse by the trustee of a fiduciary or confidential relationship to the settlor.

(b) An exculpatory term drafted or caused to be drafted by the trustee may be invalid as an abuse of a fiduciary or confidential relationship unless the trustee proves that its existence and contents were adequately communicated to the settlor.