{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-58-5009","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 58-5009","heading":"Duty and liability of directed trustee.","body":"(a) Subject to subsection (b), a directed trustee shall take reasonable action to comply with a trust director's exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under K.S.A. 58-5006(b)(1), and amendments thereto, and the trustee is not liable for the action.\n(b) A directed trustee must not comply with a trust director's exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction or further power under K.S.A. 58-5006(b)(1), and amendments thereto, to the extent that by complying the trustee would engage in willful misconduct.\n(c) An exercise of a power of direction under which a trust director may release a trustee or another trust director from liability for breach of trust is not effective if:\n(1) The breach involved the trustee's or other director's willful misconduct;\n(2) the release was induced by improper conduct of the trustee or other director in procuring the release; or\n(3) at the time of the release, the director did not know the material facts relating to the breach.\n(d) A directed trustee that has reasonable doubt about its duty under this section may petition the district court for instructions.\n(e) The terms of a trust may impose a duty or liability on a directed trustee in addition to the duties and liabilities under this section.","path":["Chapter 58.—PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY","Article 50.—KANSAS UNIFORM DIRECTED TRUST ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch58/058_050_0009.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:20:51Z","sha256":"843b05acf264e864b29667a76c305ca06f85a51ed7fef4b7050ee5bca43b1e8c","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-58-5008","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-58-5010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}