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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:2204
citation: "R.S. 9:2204"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title II › Chapter 1 › Part VII"
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# Liability of successor trustee

A trustee shall not be liable to a beneficiary for a breach of trust committed by a predecessor trustee, unless he:

(1) Knows or should know of a situation constituting a breach of trust committed by his predecessor and improperly permits it to continue; or

(2) Neglects to take proper steps to compel the predecessor to deliver the trust property to him; or

(3) Neglects to take proper steps to redress a breach of trust committed by the predecessor.