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2017 Massachusetts General Laws
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
TITLE II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
Chapter 203E MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM TRUST CODE
Article 8 DUTIES AND POWERS OF TRUSTEE
Section 815 General powers of trustee
Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 8 § 815 (2017)
[Text of section applicable as provided by 2012, 140, Sec. 66.]
Section 815. General powers of trustee
(a) A trustee, without authorization by the court, may exercise:
(1) powers conferred by the terms of the trust; or
(2) except as limited by the terms of the trust:
(i) all powers over the trust property which an unmarried competent owner has over individually owned property;
(ii) any other powers appropriate to achieve the proper investment, management and distribution of the trust property; and
(iii) any other powers conferred by this chapter.
(b) The exercise of a power shall be subject to the fiduciary duties prescribed by this article.
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