72-40-112. Duty and liability of trust director. (1) Subject to subsection (2), with respect to a power of direction or further power under 72-40-110(2)(a):
(a) a trust director has the same fiduciary duty and liability in the exercise or nonexercise of the power:
(i) if the power is held individually, as a sole trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances; or
(ii) if the power is held jointly with a trustee or another trust director, as a cotrustee in a like position and under similar circumstances; and
(b) the terms of the trust may vary the director's duty or liability to the same extent the terms of the trust could vary the duty or liability of a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances.
(2) Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise, if a trust director is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law other than this part to provide health care in the ordinary course of the director's business or practice of a profession, to the extent the director acts in that capacity, the director has no duty or liability under this part.
(3) The terms of a trust may impose a duty or liability on a trust director in addition to the duties and liabilities under this section.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 325, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 40. Uniform Directed Trust Act
72-40-103. Application -- principal place of administration
72-40-104. Common law and principles of equity
72-40-106. through 72-40-109 reserved
72-40-110. Powers of trust director
72-40-111. Limitations on trust director
72-40-112. Duty and liability of trust director
72-40-113. Duty and liability of directed trustee
72-40-114. Duty to provide information to trust director or trustee
72-40-115. No duty to monitor, inform, or advise
72-40-116. Application to cotrustee
72-40-117. Limitation of action against trust director
72-40-118. Defenses in action against trust director
72-40-119. Jurisdiction over trust director
72-40-120. Office of trust director
72-40-121. Uniformity of application and construction
72-40-122. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act