Personal Liability for Acting as Personal Representative
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When you agree to act as personal representative of a decedent’s estate, do you take on any potential personal liability? Generally not, but you should make sure everyone knows that you are acting as a fiduciary. A recent Arizona case illustrates the risk if you do not. Estate’s property is sold When Gary Barnes (not […]
Surcharge Against Trustee for Benefiting Self
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VOLUME 24 NUMBER 13 We see problems of trustees misbehaving all too often. Frequently those misbehaviors start from small decisions and are magnified over time. A trustee can be “surcharged” for actions benefiting the trustee at the expense of the trust. That can mean penalties as serious as forfeiture of all rights to receive benefits […]
Trustee Not Personally Liable for Trust Business
JUNE 23, 2014 VOLUME 21 NUMBER 23 It’s a small point, but important — and the Arizona Court of Appeals reiterated it in a decision released last week. So it seems to us that it would be appropriate to call attention to this simple rule: generally speaking, a trustee is not personally liable for her […]