Section 16600.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 16600.
in effect(a)
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Uniform Directed Trust Act.
(b)
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1)
This chapter governs an arrangement commonly known as a directed trust.
(2)
In a directed trust, the terms of the trust grant a person other than a trustee a power over some aspect of the trust’s administration.
(3)
Under this chapter, this power is called a power of direction, the person that holds the power is called a trust
director, a trustee that is subject to the power is called a directed trustee, and the trust is a directed trust.
(4)
A directed trustee is required to take reasonable action to comply with a trust director’s exercise or nonexercise of a power of direction.
(5)
Except for willful misconduct, a directed trustee is liable only for its own breach of trust in executing a direction and not for the trust director’s breach of trust in exercising or not exercising the power of direction.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026