If a trust has two or more beneficiaries, the trustee has a duty to deal impartially with them and shall act impartially in investing and managing the trust property, taking into account any differing interests of the beneficiaries.
Cal. Prob. Code § 16003
Trustee’s Duties in General
Known as the Trust Law
The act spans §§ 15000–19403 (351 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 110 Cal. App. 4th 1333 - Harnedy v. Whitty (2003)
Most recently applied in 145 Cal. App. 4th 1195 - Hearst v. Ganzi (December 2006)
Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 63, Sec. 1
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.