California Termination of Trust by Trustee
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Yes, a trustee can be legally removed. Under California Probate Code §15642, a trustee may be removed according to the terms of the trust instrument, by the court on its own motion, or on the petition of a settlor, co-trustee, or beneficiary. The probate court can order that a trustee be removed for good cause.
The simple way to amend and/or terminate an irrevocable trust is to use California Probate Code §15404(a). The benefit is that you need not go to Court for approval. The disadvantage is that you must have the approval of all the settlors, also known as the grantors and all of the beneficiaries.
To dissolve the living trust, they must, as trustee, transfer the ownership interest back to themselves as an individual. Under California state law, this involves creating legal documents to transfer ownership.
(a) A trust that is revocable by the settlor may be revoked in whole or in part by any of the following methods: (1) By compliance with any method of revocation provided in the trust instrument. (2) By a writing (other than a will) signed by the settlor and delivered to the trustee during the lifetime of the settlor.
Resignation is typically done by giving written notice to the beneficiaries and to the successor Trustee. The successor Trustee should receive the resignation so that he or she knows that it's their turn to manage the Trust estate.
Obtain a Trustee Resignation Form from your attorney or the Court and complete and sign it in the presence of a notary public. 4. Make copies of your resignation. Give a copy to the new Trustee, mail a copy to all the trust beneficiaries and keep one in your personal file.
To close the trust, the trustee must:determine all the assets of the trust;determine how to deal with each asset (for example, transferring an asset to a beneficiary or selling it and distributing the net proceeds to beneficiaries);discharge all the liabilities of the trust, including tax liabilities;More items...?
Revocation. and the settlor is not a beneficiary, the settlor has no legal right to interfere with the trustees to change the terms of the trust or to terminate the trust, unless such rights are specifically reserved in the trust instrument.
Fortunately, California law allows for the amendment, modification or termination of an otherwise irrevocable trust--under the proper circumstances and using the proper procedures. This article will discuss those Probate Code sections that accommodate the seemingly contradictory goal of changing an irrevocable trust.