Sec. 1.3. (a) While a trust is revocable and the settlor has the capacity to revoke the trust:
(1) the rights of the beneficiaries are subject to the control of; and
(2) the duties of the trustee are owed exclusively to;
the settlor.
(b) A settlor is presumed to have capacity for the purposes of subsection (a) until the trustee receives from at least one (1) licensed physician written certification that the settlor lacks the capacity to revoke the trust.
(c) If a revocable trust has more than one (1) settlor, the duties of the trustee are owed to all of the settlors having capacity to revoke the trust.
(d) During the period the power may be exercised, the holder of a power of withdrawal has the rights of a settlor of a revocable trust under this section to the extent of the property subject to the power.
(e) If a trustee reasonably believes that a settlor of a revocable trust lacks capacity to revoke the trust, the trustee is authorized to provide information to the settlor's designated agent (even if the designated agent is one (1) of two (2) or more trustees) or to any beneficiary who, if the settlor were deceased, would be entitled to distributions from the trust.
(f) A person who becomes a successor trustee of a revocable trust upon the death, resignation, or incapacity of a trustee who was also a settlor is not liable for any act or failure to act by the settlor while the settlor was trustee.
(g) A successor trustee of a revocable trust who succeeds a trustee who was also a settlor of the trust does not have a duty to:
(1) investigate any act or failure to act by the predecessor trustee;
(2) review any accounting of the predecessor trustee; or
(3) take action on account of any breach of trust by the predecessor trustee.
As added by P.L.99-2013, SEC.9.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 30. Trusts and Fiduciaries
30-4-3-1.3. Revocable Trusts; Powers of Settlor; Duties of Trustees
30-4-3-1.5. Revocation or Amendment of Trust by Settlor
30-4-3-2. Power to Restrain Transfer of a Beneficiary's Interest
30-4-3-3.2. Perpetual Care Fund Trusts; Trustee Withdrawals
30-4-3-4. Exercise of Powers by Multiple, Successor, or Surviving Trustees
30-4-3-5. Conflict of Interest in Exercise of Powers
30-4-3-7. Self-Dealing; Transactions Between Trusts
30-4-3-7.5. Transactions Authorized
30-4-3-8. Duties of Co-Trustees
30-4-3-9. Duty of Trustee Under Control of Third Persons
30-4-3-10. Liability to Third Persons
30-4-3-11. Potential Liability of Trustee to Beneficiary; Remedies; Removal of Trustee
30-4-3-12. Liability for Breach of Trust by Co-Trustee
30-4-3-13. Liability of a Successor Trustee
30-4-3-14. Contribution and Indemnity
30-4-3-15. Remedies of Trustee Against Third Persons
30-4-3-16. Remedies Among Co-Trustees
30-4-3-17. Remedies of Trustee Against Beneficiary
30-4-3-18. Other Remedies of the Trustee
30-4-3-19. Relief of Trustee's Liability for Breach of Trust
30-4-3-20. Liability of Beneficiary
30-4-3-21. Remedies of Beneficiary Against Third Persons
30-4-3-22. Remedies of the Beneficiary Against the Trustee
30-4-3-23. Remedy of a Beneficiary Against a Co-Beneficiary
30-4-3-24.4. Modification or Termination of Trust by Court
30-4-3-24.5. Termination by Trustee of Trust With Value Less Than $75,000
30-4-3-25. Rescission and Reformation
30-4-3-25.5. Distribution of Terminated Trust; Payment of Federal and State Taxes
30-4-3-26. Power to Direct a Deviation From the Terms of the Trust
30-4-3-29. Removal, Resignation, and Appointment of Trustees
30-4-3-29.3. Power to Appoint a Successor Trustee
30-4-3-29.5. Corporate Trustee That Acquires Trust Due to Change in Control
30-4-3-30. Effect of This Article on the Court's Equity Powers
30-4-3-32. Trustee's Liability for Breach of Trust
30-4-3-33. Trustee Vacancies; Priority for Filling Vacancy
30-4-3-34. Petition to Determine Heirs and Interests in Trust Estate