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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-12-211. Compensation of cotrustees and successor trustees.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-12-211. Compensation of cotrustees and successor trustees.

Unless any separate written agreement provides otherwise:

(1) Each cotrustee shall be compensated as specified by the terms of the trust, as each trustee may have agreed or in accordance with a published fee schedule, and such compensation among cotrustees shall not be apportioned unless they shall agree otherwise; and

(2) The annual fee paid pursuant to subparagraph (c)(2)(B) of Code Section 53-12-210 shall be apportioned among trustees and successor trustees according to the proportion of time each rendered services during the year.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-12-211, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131; Ga. L. 2011, p. 551, § 11/SB 134.

## Law Reviews

For article on the problems and benefits of multiple fiduciaries in estate planning, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 355 (1981).