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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-B, § 811 (2026)

Enforcement and defense of claims

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A trustee shall take reasonable steps to enforce claims of the trust and to defend claims against the trust.   [PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 618, Pt. A, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 618, §A1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 618, §A2 (AFF).
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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: Poor v. Lindell (Me. Super. Ct 2023).
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Poor v. Lindell (Me. Super. Ct 2023). “18-B M.R.S. § 811. These provisions taken together, and supplemented by the common law of trusts, impose on the trustee of a testamentary trust in Maine a fiduciary duty to take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal representative of the estate properly funds the trust.”
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