{"code":"PROB","codeName":"Probate Code","section":"19518","citation":"Prob. Code, § 19518","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW [15000. - 19530.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9"},{"name":"PART 9. Uniform Trust Decanting Act [19501. - 19530.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/division-9/part-9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 407, Sec. 1.   (SB 909)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless any of the following occurs:</p><p>(a) The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed writing and the modification applies only to the person.</p><p>(b) The person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the modification in a signed writing and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.</p><p>(c) The court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.</p>","text":"An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless any of the following occurs: (a) The person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed writing and the modification applies only to the person. (b) The person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the modification in a signed writing and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person. (c) The court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/probate-code/uniform-trust-decanting-act-19518","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}