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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-12-505. Relief from duty and liability.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-12-505. Relief from duty and liability.

A trust instrument may relieve a cotrustee from duty and liability with respect to another cotrustee’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of the other cotrustee to the same extent that a directed trustee is relieved from duty and liability with respect to a trust director’s power of direction under this article.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-12-505, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 262, § 25/HB 121.