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Title 18-B: TRUSTS
Part 1: MAINE UNIFORM TRUST CODE
Chapter 9: MAINE UNIFORM PRUDENT INVESTOR ACT
§902

§901. Prudent investor rule

1.  Duty to comply.  Except as otherwise provided in section 902, 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 this chapter.  
[PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, §2 (AFF).]
2.  Altered by provisions of trust.  The prudent investor rule may be expanded, restricted, eliminated or otherwise altered by the provisions of a trust. A trustee is not liable to a beneficiary to the extent that the trustee acted in reasonable reliance on the provisions of the trust.  
[PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 618, §A1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 618, §A2 (AFF).
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