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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14.5-902" 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">
    <text>A trustee that commits a breach of trust is liable to the beneficiaries affected by the breach for the greater of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The amount required to restore the value of the trust property and trust distributions to what they would have been had the breach not occurred; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The profit the trustee made by reason of the breach.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if more than one trustee is liable to the beneficiaries for a breach of trust, a trustee is entitled to contribution from the other trustee or trustees that are also liable.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A trustee that received a benefit from a breach of trust under this subsection is not entitled to contribution from another trustee to the extent of the benefit received.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
