{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-241","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-12-241","heading":"Duty of prudent administration.","body":"(a) In administering a trust, the trustee shall exercise the judgment and care of a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters, considering the purposes, provisions, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust.\n(b) A trustee who invests and manages trust assets owes a duty to the beneficiaries of the trust to comply with the prudent investor rule set forth in Article 16 of this chapter.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 12 Trusts","Article 13 Trustees’ Duties and Powers","PART 1 Duties of Trustee"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.53.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"af5b5f3dcf0e1feb53c3303d3bf6b150ea9eaebd436bb8f21382df18ef7a8813","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-240","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}