RCW 11.98.107
Trustee exculpation.
(1) An exculpatory term which was inserted as the result of an abuse of a fiduciary or confidential relationship between the trustor and the trustee is unenforceable.
(2) An exculpatory term drafted or caused to be drafted by the trustee is invalid as an abuse of a fiduciary or confidential relationship unless the trustee proves that the exculpatory term is fair under the circumstances and that its existence and contents were adequately communicated to the trustor.
[ 2011 c 327 § 29.]
NOTES:
Application—Effective date—2011 c 327: See notes following RCW 11.103.020.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
11.98.005 - Trust situs and governing law.
11.98.008 - Trust creation—Methods.
11.98.009 - Application of chapter.
11.98.011 - Trust creation—Requirements.
11.98.012 - Trust creation—Other jurisdictions.
11.98.013 - Trust creation—Allowable purposes.
11.98.014 - Trust creation—Oral trusts.
11.98.015 - Noncharitable trusts without ascertainable beneficiaries.
11.98.016 - Exercise of powers by co-trustees.
11.98.017 - Trusteeship—Accepting and declining—Powers without acceptance.
11.98.019 - Relinquishment of powers by trustee.
11.98.029 - Resignation of trustee.
11.98.041 - Change of trustee—Discharge of outgoing trustee, when.
11.98.045 - Criteria for transfer of trust assets or administration.
11.98.051 - Nonjudicial transfer of trust assets or administration—Notice—Consent required.
11.98.055 - Judicial transfer of situs of trusts.
11.98.060 - Power of successor trustee.
11.98.065 - Change in form of corporate trustee.
11.98.071 - Trustee's delegation of duties.
11.98.072 - Trustee—Notification requirements.
11.98.075 - Certification of trust.
11.98.078 - Trustee duty of loyalty.
11.98.080 - Consolidation of trusts.
11.98.085 - Trustee—Breach of trust—Damages.
11.98.100 - Nonliability for action or inaction based on lack of knowledge of events.
11.98.105 - Nonliability of third persons without knowledge of breach.
11.98.107 - Trustee exculpation.
11.98.108 - Nonliability of trustee—Beneficiary's consent, release, or ratification.
11.98.110 - Contract and tort liability.
11.98.130 - Rule against perpetuities.
11.98.140 - Distribution and vesting of assets.
11.98.145 - Distribution upon termination.
11.98.150 - Distribution of assets after one hundred fifty-year period.
11.98.200 - Beneficiary trustee—Limitations on power.
11.98.220 - Beneficiary trustee—Inferences of law—Judicial review.
11.98.230 - Beneficiary trustee—Income under marital deduction—Spousal power of appointment.
11.98.240 - Beneficiary trustee—Applicability—Exceptions—Election of exception—Cause of action.
11.98.900 - Application of RCW 11.98.130 through 11.98.160—RCW 11.68.090 prevails.
11.98.930 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.