Employing the term “family” in trust instruments and trust-related legislation is asking for trouble. In §8.15.6 of Loring and Rounds: A Trustee’s Handbook (2016) the authors explain why the meaning of the term in a given context is as a practical matter often difficult to parse. In §8.14 of the Handbook, the authors explain how the term as employed Section 305(c) of the Uniform Trust Code can serve in a given situation to divide the loyalties of the guardian ad litem. The relevant excerpts from the Handbook are set forth verbatim below.
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