South Dakota Codified Laws 21-22-30. Court approval of trustee’s accounting is conclusive–Accounting defined
An accounting by a trustee of a court supervised trust and the final approval thereof by a court, whether or not such accounting is contested, is conclusive against all persons in any way interested in the trust, and the trustee, absent fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or material omission, shall be released and discharged from any and all liability as to all matters set forth in the accounting. For purposes of this section, the term, accounting, means any annual, interim, or final report or other statement provided by a trustee reflecting all transactions, receipts, and disbursements during the reporting period and a list of assets as of the end of the period covered by the report or statement.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-22-30
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Source: SL 2000, ch 229, § 3; SL 2017, ch 204, § 25.