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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2204

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

A trustee shall not be liable to a beneficiary for a breach of trust committed by a predecessor trustee, unless he:

(1)  Knows or should know of a situation constituting a breach of trust committed by his predecessor and improperly permits it to continue; or

(2)  Neglects to take proper steps to compel the predecessor to deliver the trust property to him; or

(3)  Neglects to take proper steps to redress a breach of trust committed by the predecessor.