RCW 11.104B.060
Fiduciary duties—Judicial review of exercise of discretionary power—Request for instruction.
(1) In this section, "fiduciary decision" means:
(a) A fiduciary's allocation between income and principal or other determination regarding income and principal required or authorized by the terms of the trust or this chapter;
(b) The fiduciary's exercise or nonexercise of a discretionary power regarding income and principal granted by the terms of the trust or this chapter, including the power to adjust under RCW 11.104B.070, convert an income trust to a unitrust under RCW 11.104B.120(1)(a), change the percentage or method used to calculate a unitrust amount under RCW 11.104B.120(1)(b), or convert a unitrust to an income trust under RCW 11.104B.120(1)(c); or
(c) The fiduciary's implementation of a decision described in (a) or (b) of this subsection.
(2) The court may not order a fiduciary to change a fiduciary decision unless the court determines that the fiduciary decision was an abuse of the fiduciary's discretion.
(3) If the court determines that a fiduciary decision was an abuse of the fiduciary's discretion, the court may order a remedy authorized by law. To place the beneficiaries in the positions the beneficiaries would have occupied if there had not been an abuse of the fiduciary's discretion, the court may order:
(a) The fiduciary to exercise or refrain from exercising the power to adjust under RCW 11.104B.070;
(b) The fiduciary to exercise or refrain from exercising the power to convert an income trust to a unitrust under RCW 11.104B.120(1)(a), change the percentage or method used to calculate a unitrust amount under RCW 11.104B.120(1)(b), or convert a unitrust to an income trust under RCW 11.104B.120(1)(c);
(c) The fiduciary to distribute an amount to a beneficiary;
(d) A beneficiary to return some or all of a distribution; or
(e) The fiduciary to withhold an amount from one or more future distributions to a beneficiary.
(4) On petition by a fiduciary for instruction, the court may determine whether a proposed fiduciary decision will result in an abuse of the fiduciary's discretion. If the petition describes the proposed decision, contains sufficient information to inform the beneficiary of the reasons for making the proposed decision and the facts on which the fiduciary relies, and explains how the beneficiary will be affected by the proposed decision, a beneficiary that opposes the proposed decision has the burden to establish that it will result in an abuse of the fiduciary's discretion.
[ 2021 c 140 § 2202.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.104B - Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act.
11.104B.050 - Fiduciary duties—General principles.
11.104B.070 - Fiduciary duties—Power to adjust.
11.104B.100 - Unitrusts—Definitions.
11.104B.110 - Unitrusts—Application—Duties and remedies.
11.104B.120 - Unitrusts—Authority of fiduciary.
11.104B.130 - Unitrusts—Notice.
11.104B.140 - Unitrusts—Unitrust policies.
11.104B.150 - Unitrusts—Unitrust rates.
11.104B.160 - Unitrusts—Applicable value.
11.104B.170 - Unitrusts—Period.
11.104B.180 - Unitrust—Special tax benefits—Other rules.
11.104B.200 - Receipts from entities—Character.
11.104B.210 - Receipts from entities—Distributions from trusts and estates.
11.104B.220 - Receipts from entities—Businesses and other activities conducted by fiduciary.
11.104B.230 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Principal receipts.
11.104B.240 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Rental property.
11.104B.250 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Receipt on obligation to be paid in money.
11.104B.260 - Receipts not normally apportioned—Insurance policies and contracts.
11.104B.270 - Receipts normally apportioned—Insubstantial allocation not required.
11.104B.280 - Receipts normally apportioned—Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments.
11.104B.290 - Receipts normally apportioned—Liquidating assets.
11.104B.300 - Receipts normally apportioned—Minerals, water, and other natural resources.
11.104B.310 - Receipts normally apportioned—Timber.
11.104B.320 - Receipts normally apportioned—Marital deduction property not productive of income.
11.104B.330 - Receipts normally apportioned—Derivatives and options.
11.104B.340 - Receipts normally apportioned—Asset-backed securities.
11.104B.350 - Receipts normally apportioned—Other financial instruments and arrangements.
11.104B.400 - Disbursements—Disbursement from income.
11.104B.410 - Disbursements—Disbursement from principal.
11.104B.420 - Disbursements—Transfer from income to principal for depreciation.
11.104B.430 - Disbursements—Reimbursement of income from principal.
11.104B.440 - Disbursements—Reimbursement of principal from income.
11.104B.450 - Disbursements—Income taxes.
11.104B.460 - Disbursements—Adjustment between income and principal because of taxes.
11.104B.500 - Death or termination of interest—Determination and distribution of net income.
11.104B.510 - Death or termination of interest—Distribution to successor beneficiary.
11.104B.550 - Death or termination of interest—When right to income begins and ends.
11.104B.570 - Death or termination of interest—Apportionment when income interest ends.
11.104B.900 - Uniformity of application and construction.
11.104B.901 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
11.104B.903 - Application of chapter 11.96A RCW.
11.104B.904 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.