California Probate Code ARTICLE 3 - Resignation and Removal of Trustees

• Section 15640.
  A trustee who has accepted the trust may resign only by one of the following methods:(a) As provided in the trust instrument.(b) In the case of a...
• Section 15641.
  The liability for acts or omissions of a resigning trustee or of the sureties on the trustee’s bond, if any, is not released or affected...
• Section 15642.
  (a) A trustee may be removed in accordance with the trust instrument, by the court on its own motion, or on petition of a settlor, cotrustee,...
• Section 15643.
  There is a vacancy in the office of trustee in any of the following circumstances:(a) The person named as trustee rejects the trust.(b) The person named as...
• Section 15644.
  When a vacancy has occurred in the office of trustee, the former trustee who holds property of the trust shall deliver the trust property to...
• Section 15645.
  If the trustee of a trust that is not revocable has refused to transfer administration of the trust to a successor trust company on request...

Last modified: October 22, 2018