Section 16040 Of Article 2. Trustee’s Standard Of Care From California Probate Code >> Division 9. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
16040
. (a) The trustee shall administer the trust with reasonable
care, skill, and caution under the circumstances then prevailing that
a prudent person acting in a like capacity would use in the conduct
of an enterprise of like character and with like aims to accomplish
the purposes of the trust as determined from the trust instrument.
(b) The settlor may expand or restrict the standard provided in
subdivision (a) 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.
(c) This section does not apply to investment and management
functions governed by the Uniform Prudent Investor Act, Article 2.5
(commencing with Section 16045).