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§ 55-2-6 — Adverse interest of trustee--Information to beneficiary--Removal of trustee.

South Dakota § 55-2-6
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 55FIDUCIARIES AND TRUSTS
Ch. 55-2DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF TRUSTEES

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S.D. Codified Laws § 55-2-6 (2026).

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If a trustee acquires any interest or becomes charged with any duty adverse to the interest of his beneficiary in the subject of the trust, he must immediately inform the latter thereof and may be at once removed.

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Related

In Re the Estate of Stevenson
2000 SD 24 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2000)
29 case citations

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 59.0111.

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