DIVISION 9. TRUST LAW 15000-19403›PART 4. TRUST ADMINISTRATION 16000-16504›CHAPTER 1. Duties of Trustees 16000-16105›ARTICLE 2.5. Uniform Prudent Investor Act 16045-16054
§ 16053
California Probate Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The following terms or comparable language in the provisions of a trust, unless otherwise limited or modified, authorizes any investment or strategy permitted under this chapter: “investments permissible by law for investment of trust funds,” “legal investments,” “authorized investments,” “using the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital,” “prudent man rule,” “prudent trustee rule,” “prudent person rule,” and “prudent investor rule.”
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 63, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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