{"data":{"id":"us-me/18-b-m.r.s.-901","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"18-B M.R.S. §901","heading":"Prudent investor rule","body":"1.  Duty to comply.  Except as otherwise provided in section 902, 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 this chapter.\n2.  Altered by provisions of trust.  The prudent investor rule may be expanded, restricted, eliminated or otherwise altered by the provisions of a trust.  A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary to the extent that the trustee acted in reasonable reliance on the provisions of the trust.","path":["TITLE 18-B: TRUSTS","PART 1: MAINE UNIFORM TRUST CODE","CHAPTER 9: MAINE UNIFORM PRUDENT INVESTOR ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-B/title18-Bsec901.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"b8a98c398cbdcd3f7510a5aaaf8eafdbe7712418c8ff253387e6500f70861155","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/18-b-m.r.s.-817","next":"us-me/18-b-m.r.s.-902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}