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Section 46-12-117 - Relief from liability and indemnification.

NM Stat § 46-12-117 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a second-trust instrument shall not relieve an authorized fiduciary from liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than the first-trust instrument.

B. A second-trust instrument may provide for indemnification of an authorized fiduciary of the first trust or another person acting in a fiduciary capacity under the first trust for any liability or claim that would have been payable from the first trust if the decanting power had not been exercised.

C. A second-trust instrument shall not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.

D. Subject to Subsection C of this section, a second-trust instrument may divide and reallocate fiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more trustees, distribution advisors, investment advisors, trust protectors or other persons, and relieve a fiduciary from liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as permitted by New Mexico law other than the Uniform Trust Decanting Act.

History: Laws 2016, ch. 72, § 1-117.

Effective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 72, § 3-101 made the Uniform Trust Decanting Act, §§ 46-12-101 through 46-12-129 NMSA 1978, effective January 1, 2017.

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