Section 16061.5 Of Article 3. Trustee’s Duty To Report Information And Account To Beneficiaries From California Probate Code >> Division 9. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
16061.5
. (a) A trustee shall provide a true and complete copy of
the terms of the irrevocable trust, or irrevocable portion of the
trust, to each of the following:
(1) Any beneficiary of the trust who requests it, and to any heir
of a deceased settlor who requests it, when a revocable trust or any
portion of a revocable trust becomes irrevocable because of the death
of one or more of the settlors of the trust, when a power of
appointment is effective or lapses upon the death of a settlor under
the circumstances described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of
Section 16061.7, or because, by the express terms of the trust, the
trust becomes irrevocable within one year of the death of a settlor
because of a contingency related to the death of one or more of the
settlors of the trust.
(2) Any beneficiary of the trust who requests it, whenever there
is a change of trustee of an irrevocable trust.
(3) If the trust is a charitable trust subject to the supervision
of the Attorney General, to the Attorney General, if requested, when
a revocable trust or any portion of a revocable trust becomes
irrevocable because of the death of one or more of the settlors of
the trust, when a power of appointment is effective or lapses upon
the death of a settlor under the circumstances described in paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) of Section 16061.7, or because, by the
express terms of the trust, the trust becomes irrevocable within one
year of the death of a settlor because of a contingency related to
the death of one or more of the settlors of the trust, and whenever
there is a change of trustee of an irrevocable trust.
(b) The trustee shall, for purposes of this section, rely upon any
final judicial determination of heirship. However, the trustee shall
have discretion to make a good faith determination by any reasonable
means of the heirs of a deceased settlor in the absence of a final
judicial determination of heirship known to the trustee.