Section 16004 Of Article 1. Trustee’s Duties In General From California Probate Code >> Division 9. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The trustee has a duty not to use or deal with trust
property for the trustee's own profit or for any other purpose
unconnected with the trust, nor to take part in any transaction in
which the trustee has an interest adverse to the beneficiary.
(b) The trustee may not enforce any claim against the trust
property that the trustee purchased after or in contemplation of
appointment as trustee, but the court may allow the trustee to be
reimbursed from trust property the amount that the trustee paid in
good faith for the claim.
(c) A transaction between the trustee and a beneficiary which
occurs during the existence of the trust or while the trustee's
influence with the beneficiary remains and by which the trustee
obtains an advantage from the beneficiary is presumed to be a
violation of the trustee's fiduciary duties. This presumption is a
presumption affecting the burden of proof. This subdivision does not
apply to the provisions of an agreement between a trustee and a
beneficiary relating to the hiring or compensation of the trustee.