Florida recently enacted its version of the Uniform Directed Trust Act, which authorizes someone other than the Trustee (referred to as a Trust Director) to direct the Trustee to act or not to act. Florida is 1 of 15 states...more
The Florida legislature is currently in the advanced stages of enacting legislation that will make critical changes to the Florida Trust Code. The legislation (SB 1070/HB 609) would enact the Florida Uniform Directed Trust...more
In recent years it has become more common to grant multiple parties various powers over trust property within a trust. Of course there is still a trustee, owing the classic fiduciary duty to the beneficiaries, but now trusts...more