Louisiana Statutes
§ 9:2204 — Liability of successor trustee
Louisiana § 9:2204
JurisdictionLouisiana
Title 9Civil Code-Ancillaries
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La. Stat. Ann. § 9:2204 (2026).
Text
A trustee shall not be liable to a beneficiary for a breach of trust committed by a predecessor trustee, unless he:
(1)Knows or should know of a situation constituting a breach of trust committed by his predecessor and improperly permits it to continue; or
(2)Neglects to take proper steps to compel the predecessor to deliver the trust property to him; or
(3)Neglects to take proper steps to redress a breach of trust committed by the predecessor.
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Related
Matter of Donald E. Bradford Trust
538 So. 2d 263 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1989)
McCaffery v. Lindner
263 So. 3d 1205 (Louisiana Court of Appeal, 2018)
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