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Cal. Prob. Code § 16046

Uniform Prudent Investor Act

Known as the Uniform Prudent Investor Act

The act spans §§ 16045–16054 (10 sections).

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 63, Sec. 6

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a trustee who invests and manages trust assets owes a duty to the beneficiaries of the trust to comply with the prudent investor rule.

(b) The settlor may expand or restrict the prudent investor rule by express provisions in the trust instrument. A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary for the trustee’s good faith reliance on these express provisions.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.