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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-901" title_number="14.5" title_name="Maryland Trust Act" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Liability of Trustees and Rights of Persons Dealing with the Trustee">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A violation by a trustee of a duty the trustee owes to a beneficiary is a breach of trust.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A breach of trust under this subsection may occur by reason of an action or by reason of a failure to act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To remedy a breach of trust by the trustee that has occurred or may occur, the court may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Compel the trustee to perform the duties of the trustee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Enjoin the trustee from committing a breach of trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Compel the trustee to redress a breach of trust by paying money, restoring property, or other means;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Order a trustee to account;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Appoint a special fiduciary to take possession of the trust property and administer the trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Suspend the trustee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Remove the trustee as provided in § 14.5–706 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Reduce or deny compensation to the trustee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Subject to § 14.5–909 of this subtitle, void an act of the trustee, impose a lien or a constructive trust on trust property, or trace trust property wrongfully disposed of and recover the property or proceeds from the property; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Order other appropriate relief.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
