{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1917","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1917","heading":"Relief from liability and indemnification.","body":"(a)\nExcept as otherwise provided in this section, a second-trust instrument may not relieve an authorized fiduciary from liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than the first-trust instrument.\n\n(b)\nA 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.\n\n(c)\nA second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.\n\n(d)\nSubject 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 law of the District other than this chapter.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 19. Uniform Trust Decanting Code."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-1917","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9931e51382d042b4c0fc342cc0aae49e317ec1aa56a2d90fa2f6e0beda4b647f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1916","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1918"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}