{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-16602","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 16602","heading":"","body":"For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) “Breach of trust” includes a violation by a trust director or trustee of a duty imposed on that director or trustee by the terms of the trust, this chapter, or law of this state other than this chapter pertaining to trusts.\n(b) “Directed trust” means a trust for which the terms of the trust grant a power of direction.\n(c) “Directed trustee” means a trustee that is subject to a trust director’s power of direction.\n(d) “Power of direction” means a power over a trust granted to a person by the terms of the trust to the extent the power is exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee. Power of direction includes a power over the investment, management, or distribution of trust property or other matters of trust administration. The term excludes the powers described in subdivision (a) of Section 16606.\n(e) “Settlor” means a person, including a testator, who creates, or contributes property to, a trust. If more than one person creates or contributes property to a trust, each person is a settlor of the portion of the trust property attributable to that person’s contribution except to the extent another person has the power to revoke or withdraw that portion.\n(f) “Terms of a trust” means either of the following:\n(1) The manifestation of the settlor’s intent regarding a trust’s provisions as expressed in the trust instrument or established by other evidence that has been admitted in a judicial proceeding.\n(2) The trust’s provisions as established, determined, or amended by a trustee or trust director in accordance with applicable law, the exercise of a power of appointment in accordance with applicable law, a court order, or other binding modification, including, but not limited to, under Section 15404.\n(g) “Trust director” means a person that is granted a power of direction by the terms of a trust, to the extent the power is exercisable while the person is not serving as a trustee. The person is a trust director whether or not the terms of the trust refer to the person as a trust director and whether or not the person is a beneficiary or settlor of the trust.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW [15000. - 19530.]","PART 4. TRUST ADMINISTRATION [16000. - 16632.]","CHAPTER 6. California Uniform Directed Trust Act [16600. - 16632.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e05e4ec3f77a30737fdbcb0861c6947d8cf4153c314e99117bdcf7e432ebbbee","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-16600","next":"us-ca/prob-16604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}