{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-5808.04","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 5808.04","heading":"Duty to act as prudent person.","body":"A trustee shall administer the trust as a prudent person would and shall consider the purposes, terms, distributional requirements, and other circumstances of the trust. In satisfying this standard, the trustee shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution.","path":["Title 58 Trusts","Chapter 5808 Trust Administration"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5808.04","current_through":"2007-01-01 (House Bill 416 - 126th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:42Z","sha256":"725c53d54cd1cb98423330a9961849132195bbed8a96293c8d8ef0c2ada60854","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-5808.03","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-5808.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}