{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-2111","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-2111","heading":"No duty to monitor, inform, or advise.","body":"(a)\nUnless the terms of a trust provide otherwise:\n(1)\nA trustee does not have a duty to:\n(A)\nMonitor a trust director; or\n(B)\nInform 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\n(2)\nBy taking an action described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, a trustee does not assume the duty excluded by paragraph (1) of this subsection.\n\n(b)\nUnless the terms of a trust provide otherwise:\n(1)\nA trust director does not have a duty to:\n(A)\nMonitor a trustee or another trust director; or\n(B)\nInform or give advice to a settlor, beneficiary, trustee, or another trust director concerning an instance in which the director might have acted differently than a trustee or another trust director; and\n(2)\nBy taking an action described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, a trust director does not assume the duty excluded by paragraph (1) of this subsection.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 21. Uniform Directed Trust Code."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-2111","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"036569578b32baba09928eab7ed232eb8f2aa7c6e60e7048abcd66cac00f2340","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-2110","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-2112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}