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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-12-241. Duty of prudent administration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-12-241. Duty of prudent administration.

(a) In administering a trust, the trustee shall exercise the judgment and care of a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters, considering the purposes, provisions, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust.

(b) A trustee who invests and manages trust assets owes a duty to the beneficiaries of the trust to comply with the prudent investor rule set forth in Article 16 of this chapter.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-12-241, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-82/HB 865.

The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, designated the previously existing provisions as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).