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Inform or give advice to a settlor, beneficiary, trustee, or trust director concerning an instance in which the trustee might have acted differently than the trust director; and\n\n2\n\nBy taking an action described in subdivision 1, a trustee does not assume the duty excluded by subdivision 1.\n\nB\n\nUnless the terms of a trust provide otherwise:\n\n1\n\nA trust director does not have a duty to:\n\t\t\t\ta. Monitor a trustee or another trust director; or\n\n\t\t\t\tb. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0768\">768<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":376371,"section_number":"64.2-703","catch_line":"Default and mandatory rules","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-703\/"},{"id":376426,"section_number":"64.2-756","catch_line":"Cotrustees","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-756\/"},{"id":376476,"section_number":"64.2-779.33","catch_line":"Duty to provide information to trust director or trustee","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-779.33\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1501667,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376477,"identifier":"64.2-779.34","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.34","url":"\/64.2-779.34\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-779.34\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/8.2\/64.2-779.34","dublin_core":{"Title":"No duty to monitor, inform, or advise","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-779.34","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise: <a id=\"paragraph-1405751\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.34\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> does not have a duty to:\n\t\t\t\ta. Monitor a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span>; or<br \/><br \/>\t\t\t\tb. Inform or give advice to a settlor, <span class=\"dictionary\">beneficiary<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> concerning an instance in which the <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> might have acted differently than the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-1405752\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.34\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> By taking an action described in subdivision 1, a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> does not assume the duty excluded by subdivision 1. <a id=\"paragraph-1405753\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.34\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise: <a id=\"paragraph-1405754\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.34\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> does not have a duty to:\n\t\t\t\ta. Monitor a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> or another <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span>; or<br \/><br \/>\t\t\t\tb. Inform or give advice to a settlor, <span class=\"dictionary\">beneficiary<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span>, or another <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> concerning an instance in which the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> might have acted differently than a <span class=\"dictionary\">trustee<\/span> or another <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-1405755\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.34\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> By taking an action described in subdivision 1, a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust director<\/span> does not assume the duty excluded by subdivision 1. <a id=\"paragraph-1405756\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-779.34\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNO DUTY TO MONITOR, INFORM, OR ADVISE (\u00a7 64.2-779.34)\n\nA. Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise:\n\n   1. A trustee does not have a duty to:\n   \t\t\t\ta. Monitor a trust director; or\t\t\t\tb. Inform or give advice to a settlor,\n   beneficiary, trustee, or trust director concerning an instance in which the\n   trustee might have acted differently than the trust director; and\n\n   2. By taking an action described in subdivision 1, a trustee does not assume\n   the duty excluded by subdivision 1.\n\nB. Unless the terms of a trust provide otherwise:\n\n   1. A trust director does not have a duty to:\n   \t\t\t\ta. Monitor a trustee or another trust director; or\t\t\t\tb. Inform or give\n   advice to a settlor, beneficiary, trustee, or another trust director\n   concerning an instance in which the trust director might have acted\n   differently than a trustee or another trust director; and\n\n   2. By taking an action described in subdivision 1, a trust director does not\n   assume the duty excluded by subdivision 1.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 768.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}