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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-812" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Duties and Powers of Trustee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A trustee is not liable to the beneficiary for a breach of trust committed by a former trustee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A trustee is liable to the beneficiary for a breach of trust if the trustee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Knows or should know of a situation constituting a breach of trust committed by a former trustee and the trustee improperly permits it to continue;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Neglects to take reasonable steps to compel a former trustee or other person to deliver trust property to the trustee; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Neglects to take reasonable steps to redress a breach of trust committed by a former trustee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
