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736.1009 Reliance on trust instrument.

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Florida Code › Title XLII › Chapter 736 › Part X › Section 736.1009

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A trustee who acts in reasonable reliance on the terms of the trust as expressed in the trust instrument is not liable to a beneficiary for a breach of trust to the extent the breach resulted from the reliance.

History: s. 10, ch. 2006-217.

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