Section 2105.5 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Probate Code >> Division 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1.
2105.5
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), where there is
more than one guardian or conservator of the estate, one guardian or
conservator is not liable for a breach of fiduciary duty committed by
another guardian or conservator.
(b) Where there is more than one guardian or conservator of the
estate, one guardian or conservator is liable for a breach of
fiduciary duty committed by another guardian or conservator of the
same estate under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Where the guardian or conservator participates in a breach of
fiduciary duty committed by the other guardian or conservator.
(2) Where the guardian or conservator improperly delegates the
administration of the estate to the other guardian or conservator.
(3) Where the guardian or conservator approves, knowingly
acquiesces in, or conceals a breach of fiduciary duty committed by
the other guardian or conservator.
(4) Where the guardian or conservator negligently enables the
other guardian or conservator to commit a breach of fiduciary duty.
(5) Where the guardian or conservator knows or has information
from which the guardian or conservator reasonably should have known
of the breach of fiduciary duty by the other guardian or conservator
and fails to take reasonable steps to compel the other guardian or
conservator to redress the breach.
(c) The liability of a guardian or conservator for a breach of
fiduciary duty committed by another guardian or conservator that
occurred before July 1, 1988, is governed by prior law and not by
this section.