How to Remove a Trustee
Keith Davidson at Albertson & Davidson talks about the power to remove the trustee. In some trust documents, the beneficiary could have the power to remove the trustee.
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[Music] Hi this Keith Davidson Albertson and Davidson in this video I'm discussing the power to remove a trustee in some instances your trust document will give you the beneficiary the power to remove your trustee first you should go and look at your trust document look through the trustee provisions and see if there's a removal provision a removal provision would say something to the effect that you as the beneficiary have the right to remove a trustee and appoint a successor trustee or sometimes it'll say all of the current beneficiaries acting as a majority have a right to remove a trustee and replace them with the successor trustee now not every trust is going to have a removal provision some trusts do some trusts don't in fact in a majority of situations a trust probably will not have a removal provision but if your trust has it it can be a very easy way to rid yourself of a bad trustee and put somebody else in that trustee office who can do a better job managing your trust estate Albertson and Davidson is here to help you fight for your inheritance check out al dev law comm for our complete library of helpful legal videos and articles from your favorite California trusts and we'll litigation law firm Albertson and Davidson LLP.