The trustee has the power to hire persons, including accountants, attorneys, auditors, investment advisers, appraisers (including probate referees appointed pursuant to Section 400), or other agents, even if they are associated or affiliated with the trustee, to advise or assist the trustee in the performance of administrative duties.
Cal. Prob. Code § 16247
Specific Powers of Trustees
Known as the Trust Law
The act spans §§ 15000–19403 (351 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 22 Cal. 4th 201 - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty. (2000)
Most recently applied in Powell v. Tagami (August 2018)
Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 806, Sec. 38
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.