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30-4-9-5. Powers of Appointment

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, “power of appointment” means a power that enables a person acting in a nonfiduciary capacity to designate a recipient of an ownership interest in or another power of appointment over trust property. (b) This chapter does not apply to a: (1) power of appointment; (2) power to […]

30-4-9-6. Powers of Direction

Sec. 6. (a) Subject to section 7 of this chapter, the terms of the trust may grant a power of direction to a trust director. (b) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise: (1) a trust director may exercise any further power appropriate to the exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction granted […]

30-4-9-7. Rules Relating to Payback Provisions; Charitable Interest

Sec. 7. A trust director is subject to the same rules as a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances in the exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under section 6(b)(1) of this chapter regarding: (1) a payback provision in the terms of a trust necessary to comply […]

30-4-9-8. Duties and Liabilities of a Trust Director

Sec. 8. (a) Subject to subsection (b), with respect to a power of direction or further power under section 6(b)(1) of this chapter: (1) a trust director has the same fiduciary duty and liability in the exercise or nonexercise of the power: (A) if the power is held individually, as a sole trustee in a […]

30-4-9-9. Duties and Liabilities of a Directed Trustee

Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a directed trustee shall take reasonable action to comply with a trust director’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under section 6(b)(1) of this chapter, and the trustee is not liable for the action. (b) A directed trustee must not comply with a […]

30-4-9-11. Duties of Trust Director and Trustee Under the Terms of the Trust

Sec. 11. (a) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise: (1) a trustee does not have a duty to: (A) monitor a trust director; or (B) inform or give advice to a settlor, beneficiary, trustee, or trust director concerning an instance in which the trustee might have acted differently than the director; and (2) […]

30-4-9-12. Relief of Cotrustee From Duties and Liabilities

Sec. 12. The terms of a trust 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 in a directed trust a directed trustee is relieved from duty and liability with respect to a trust director’s power […]

30-4-9-13. Causes of Action; Statutes of Limitations

Sec. 13. (a) An action against a trust director for breach of trust must be commenced within the same limitation period as an action against a trustee under IC 30-4-6-12. (b) A report or accounting has the same effect on the limitation period for an action against a trust director for breach of trust that […]

30-4-9-14. Causes of Action; Defenses

Sec. 14. In an action against a trust director for breach of trust, the director may assert the same defenses a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances could assert in an action for breach of trust against the trustee. As added by P.L.221-2019, SEC.10.