72-39-213. Relief from liability and indemnification. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a second-trust instrument may not relieve an authorized fiduciary from liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than the first-trust instrument.
(2) A second-trust instrument may provide for indemnification of an authorized fiduciary of the first trust or another person acting in a fiduciary capacity under the first trust for any liability or claim that would have been payable from the first trust if the decanting power had not been exercised.
(3) A second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.
(4) Subject to subsection (3), a second-trust instrument may divide and reallocate fiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more trustees, distribution advisors, investment advisors, trust protectors, or other persons, and relieve a fiduciary from liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as permitted by law of this state other than this chapter.
History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 177, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 39. Uniform Trust Decanting Act
72-39-202. Reasonable reliance
72-39-203. Notice -- exercise of decanting power
72-39-207. Decanting power under expanded distributive discretion
72-39-208. Decanting power under limited distributive discretion
72-39-209. Trust for beneficiary with disability
72-39-210. Protection of charitable interest
72-39-211. Trust limitation on decanting
72-39-212. Change in compensation
72-39-213. Relief from liability and indemnification
72-39-214. Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary
72-39-215. Tax-related limitations
72-39-216. Duration of second trust
72-39-217. Need to distribute not required
72-39-219. Trust for care of animal
72-39-220. Terms of second trust