(a) A trust instrument may provide for the appointment of a person to act as an advisor to the trustee with regard to all or some of the matters relating to the property of the trust.
(b) Unless the terms of the trust instrument provide otherwise, if an advisor is appointed under (a) of this section, the property and management of the trust and the exercise of all powers and discretionary acts exercisable by the trustee remain vested in the trustee as fully and effectively as if an advisor were not appointed, the trustee is not required to follow the advice of the advisor, and the advisor is not liable as or considered to be a trustee of the trust or a fiduciary when acting as an advisor to the trust.
(c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, if, by the terms of the trust instrument, a trustee is designated to follow the directions of an advisor who is not designated in the trust instrument as being a trustee, the trustee who, by the terms of the trust instrument, is required to follow the directions of the advisor is not liable, individually or as a fiduciary, to a beneficiary for a consequence of the trustee's compliance with the advisor's directions, regardless of the information available to the trustee, and the trustee does not have an obligation to review, inquire, investigate, or make recommendations or evaluations with respect to the exercise of a power of the trustee if the exercise of the power complies with the directions given to the trustee. An advisor under this subsection is liable to the beneficiaries as a fiduciary with respect to the exercise of the advisor's directions by a trustee as if the trustee were not in office, and the advisor has the exclusive obligation to account to the beneficiaries and to defend an action brought by the beneficiaries with respect to the exercise of the advisor's directions by the trustee.
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