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These powers can be eliminated or altered as well, so that the Trust Protector has limitations as desired by the trustor.
Once you follow that directive, the Trustee must step down and a successor Trustee can be appointed.Once a Trustee resigns, then either the next person named would act, or maybe you can appoint someone new if the Trust terms allow you to do that. Either way, a new Trustee will be in office when a Trustee resigns.
Removing a misbehaving successor trustee Specifically, the beneficiaries would need to file a formal petition with a court seeking removal of the successor trustee. Once the petition is filed, the probate court will hear the arguments of the beneficiaries for removal and decide whether removal is appropriate.
It's perfectly legal to name a beneficiary of the trust (someone who will receive trust property after your death) as successor trustee. In fact, it's common. EXAMPLE: Mildred names her only child, Allison, as both sole beneficiary of her living trust and successor trustee of the living trust.
If no one you named in the trust document can serve, the last trustee to serve has the power to appoint, in writing, another successor trustee.
A trust protector typically possesses defined limited authority to engage in specified actions, separate and apart from the power and authority of the trustee, such as to remove a trustee, appoint a trustee, add beneficiaries or otherwise modify the terms of a trust.
For a revocable living trust, that Trustee is usually the person that created the trust.The successor trustee usually takes power when the person that created the trust either becomes incapacitated or has died. The Trustee only manages the assets that are owned by the trust, not assets outside the trust.
If there are no successor trustees nominated or they are unable or unwilling to act, the court must take immediate action to ensure that somebody is appointed.If there are no family members or other relatives willing to serve as the trustee, the court may appoint a professional fiduciary to serve as the trustee.
If your Trust allows you, or some other person, to remove the Trustee and appoint a new Trustee, then your job is easy.Once a Trustee resigns, then either the next person named would act, or maybe you can appoint someone new if the Trust terms allow you to do that.