Margaret M. Hand

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the firm’s clients and work.

Determine how to produce the summary of account and each supporting schedule. Recognize California's Uniform Principal and Income Act. Recognize when the fiduciary's records reveal a breach of trust. Determine how to get the records you need to do the job you were hired to do.

What questions should an attorney ask before hiring someone to prepare a client’s fiduciary accounting? What are the indicia of a poorly prepared accounting? Are waivers of account ever a good idea? Should the trust document routinely waive accountings?  Ever? Is there anything a trustee’s attorney can do to shorten the statute of limitations on breaches of trust disclosed in an accounting?