# Estates and Trusts (GET)

## Title 14.5. Maryland Trust Act

### Subtitle 8. Duties and Powers of Trustee

#### Section 14.5-811

(a) A trustee shall take reasonable steps to enforce claims of the trust and to defend claims against the trust.

(b) A trustee may abandon a claim that is unreasonable to enforce or assign the claim to one or more of the beneficiaries of the trust holding the claim.

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Md. Code Ann., Est. & Trusts (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)