{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1918","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-1918","heading":"Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary.","body":"(a)\nAn authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first-trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless:\n(1)\nThe person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed record and the modification applies only to the person;\n(2)\nThe person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the modification in a signed record and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person; or\n(3)\nThe court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.","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/19-1918","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"55ed675032c475322c68ebc82083113528d93e228e7faea4d3c0533089c9580d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1917","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-1919"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}