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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="14-614" title_number="14" title_name="Trusts" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland Trust Decanting Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a second trust instrument may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Relieve an authorized fiduciary from liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than a first trust instrument; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A second trust instrument may provide for indemnification of an authorized fiduciary of the first trust or another person acting as a fiduciary of the first trust for any liability or claim that would have been payable from the first trust if the decanting power had not been exercised.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to subsection (a)(2) of this section, a second trust instrument may divide and reallocate fiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more trustees, distribution advisors, investment advisors, trust protectors, or other persons, and relieve a fiduciary from liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as allowed by the law of this State other than this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
