{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-502","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-12-502","heading":"Authority, procedures, and powers of trust directors.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, a trust instrument may grant powers of direction to a trust director.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in the trust instrument, when a trust instrument grants powers of direction to a trust director, the trust director shall have any further powers appropriate to the exercise or nonexercise of the powers of direction.\n(c) A trust director shall have the same power to employ and compensate persons, subject to the same limitations, that a trustee has under paragraph (23) of subsection (b) of Code Section 53-12-261.\n(d) The powers of direction of a trust director who is also a beneficiary shall be subject to the limitations of Code Section 53-12-270.\n(e) In the case of a power to modify the trust:\n(1) The duties or liabilities of a trustee may not be enlarged without the trustee’s express consent; and\n(2) A trustee shall not be liable for failing to act in accordance with a modification or termination of a trust of which the trustee had no notice.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 12 Trusts","Article 18 Trust Directors"],"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":"e2f7bb0053ef2210f559849836fd36ec81a208e8d2fcbab7536b20b769ecd38f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-501","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}