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A trustee has a duty to conform to the terms of the trust. Legally a trustee cannot spend money in a trust on themselves (unless the are also a beneficiary).
A Receipt, Release, Refunding and Indemnification Agreement is a probate tool that allows the executor to distribute estate funds to a beneficiary with the promise from the beneficiary to return the funds if it later turns out they were distributed in error.
A Receipt and Release Agreement is the means by which a beneficiary of an estate may acknowledge receipt of the property to which he is entitled, and agree to release the executor from any further liability with respect thereto.
But what happens if a trustee steals from the trust, breaching their fiduciary duty? When a trustee acts in this fraudulent manner, they violate beneficiary rights and endanger trust assets. The abused beneficiaries can respond by petitioning for a trust accounting and then the eventual removal of the trustee.
A beneficiary can renounce their interest from the trust and, upon the consent of other beneficiaries, be allowed to exit. A trustee cannot remove a beneficiary from an irrevocable trust. A grantor can remove a beneficiary from a revocable trust by going back to the trust deed codes that allow for the same.
Although non-indemnified executors may face potential personal liability for their work as estate trustees, the beneficiaries of estates are not obligated to sign such releases and indemnities which are presented to them before receiving any distribution of their inheritance.
Usually, this means paying any outstanding trust obligations, liquidating assets, filing final income tax returns, preparing a final accounting for the benefit of the beneficiaries, and distributing trust assets to the appropriate beneficiaries.
Trustees Can Withdraw For Trust UseTrust law varies from state to state, but under no circumstances can a trustee withdraw funds from the trust for the personal use of the trustee.Common trust law dictates that the trustee (or trustees) are the only parties that can disburse funds from a trust account.
Resignation is typically done by giving written notice to the beneficiaries and to the successor Trustee. The successor Trustee should receive the resignation so that he or she knows that it's their turn to manage the Trust estate.