Delaware Code
Chapter 33. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
§ 3322. Fiduciary agency contracts; delegation.

(a) A fiduciary may appoint agents to assist in the performance of the fiduciary's duties, pay such agents from the fiduciary fund and delegate investment, management, or other fiduciary duties to any such agent, including an agent who is a cofiduciary.
(b) When a fiduciary, acting in the fiduciary's discretion and not at the direction of any adviser, appoints an agent to assist in the performance of the fiduciary's duties, the standard of care applicable to the fiduciary when personally performing such duties shall continue to apply to the fiduciary with respect to selecting and hiring the agent, paying the agent from the fiduciary fund, establishing the scope and specific terms of the agency relationship, and overseeing the agent's actions and continuing the agency relationship, but the fiduciary shall not otherwise be liable for the conduct of such agent. The foregoing rule shall apply even if:

(1) The aggregate amount paid to the agent and the fiduciary from the fiduciary fund exceeds the amount otherwise payable from the fiduciary fund to the fiduciary under subchapter V of Chapter 35 of this title or other applicable law; or
(2) The standard of care applicable to the agent is a lower standard than the standard applicable to the fiduciary when personally performing duties to be performed by the agent.
(c) When a fiduciary delegates investment, management, or other fiduciary duties to an agent, such delegation shall not cause the fiduciary to cease to be a fiduciary or cause the agent to be a fiduciary.

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Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Chapter 33. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

§ 3301. Application of chapter; definitions [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6].

§ 3302. Degree of care; authorized investments [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6].

§ 3303. Effect of provisions of instrument [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6].

§ 3304. Retention by fiduciary of decedent's or settlor's investments.

§ 3305. Retention by bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary of its own stock.

§ 3306. Deviation from terms of instrument.

§ 3307. Common fund investments by bank or trust company; regulations.

§ 3308. Power of bank or trust company acting as a fiduciary to purchase property held by its commercial or banking department.

§ 3309. Identification of securities.

§ 3310. Storage of securities.

§ 3311. Deposit of securities in clearing corporation.

§ 3312. Investments in affiliated investments; transactions with affiliates [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3313. Advisers [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3313A. Excluded cotrustee.

§ 3314. Limitation on certain fiduciary powers.

§ 3315. Trustee's exercise of discretion; review by court; discretionary interests.

§ 3316. Substituted property; equivalent value; fiduciary duty.

§ 3317. Cofiduciaries and co-nonfiduciaries; duty to keep informed.

§ 3321. Applicability of chapter; definitions.

§ 3322. Fiduciary agency contracts; delegation.

§ 3323. Cofiduciaries and co-nonfiduciaries.

§ 3324. General powers of trustee.

§ 3325. Specific powers of trustee [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6; 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3326. Resignation of an officeholder.

§ 3327. Removal of an officeholder.

§ 3328. Limitation on personal liability of fiduciary.

§ 3329. Effect of no-contest provision.

§ 3330. Construction or interpretation affecting validity under rule against perpetuities, applicability of later-enacted laws, and class determination; effect of survivorship requirement.

§ 3331. Preference for early vesting [For application of the section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 271, § 1].

§ 3332. Governing law; change of situs [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3333. Retention of counsel by fiduciary [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6; 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3334. Contributions to revocable trusts [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6].

§ 3335. Effect of formula clauses in certain wills and trusts.

§ 3336. Appointment of successor trustee [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6].

§ 3337. Claims against revocable trusts [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6].

§ 3338. Nonjudicial settlement agreements [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 172, § 6; 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3339. Designated representatives of trusts.

§ 3340. Place of administration [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3341. Consequences of trust merger and similar transactions [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 5].

§ 3342. Modification of trust by consent while trustor is living.

§ 3343. Authority to allocate trustee duties among multiple trustees.

§ 3344. Income tax reimbursement or payment.