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Tenn. Code Ann. § 35-15-1001

Remedies for breach of trust

Known as the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code

The act spans §§ 35–35 (113 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case John D. Glass v. Suntrust Bank (2016)

Most recently applied in Julia H. "Robin" Meyers v. First Tennessee Bank, N.A. (May 2016)

Acts 2004, ch. 537, § 77.

(1) A violation by a trustee of a duty the trustee owes to a beneficiary is a breach of trust.

(2) To remedy a breach of trust that has occurred or may occur, the court may: Compel the trustee to perform the trustee's duties;

(3) Enjoin the trustee from committing a breach of trust;

(4) Compel the trustee to redress a breach of trust by paying money, restoring property, or other means;

(5) Order a trustee to account;

(6) Appoint a special fiduciary to take possession of the trust property and administer the trust;

(7) Suspend the trustee;

(8) Remove the trustee as provided in § 35-15-706;

(9) Reduce or deny compensation to the trustee;

(10) Subject to § 35-15-1012, void an act of the trustee, impose a lien or a constructive trust on trust property, or trace trust property wrongfully disposed of and recover the property or its proceeds; or

(11) Order any other appropriate relief whether provided elsewhere in this chapter, available at common law or under equity principles.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.