{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-16618","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 16618","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, a trustee does not have a duty to do either of the following:\n(A) Monitor a trust director.\n(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 trust director.\n(2) By taking an action described in paragraph (1), a trustee does not assume the duty excluded by paragraph (1).\n(b) (1) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, a trust director does not have a duty to do either of the following:\n(A) Monitor a trustee or another trust director.\n(B) Inform or give advice to a settlor, beneficiary, trustee, or another trust director concerning an instance in which the trust director might have acted differently than a trustee or another trust director.\n(2) By taking an action described in paragraph (1), a trust director does not assume the duty excluded by paragraph (1).","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":"c2b263229138d025ea9ed94b8523d18579ce65256c428f75367dd8c04609314a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-16616","next":"us-ca/prob-16620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}