Nonjudicial settlement agreements: Refraining from taking authorized action.

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1. A family trust company or licensed family trust company may refrain from taking an action that is authorized by a nonjudicial settlement agreement if the family trust company or licensed family trust company determines in good faith that the action is not in the interest of the beneficiaries of the trust.

2. A family trust company or licensed family trust company that refrains from taking an action pursuant to subsection 1 shall provide written notice to each interested person within 15 days after its decision not to take the action and include in the notice the reasons for not taking the action.

3. An interested person who receives notice pursuant to subsection 2 may petition the court for an order requiring the family trust company or licensed family trust company to take the action authorized by the nonjudicial settlement agreement. The burden is on the beneficiary to prove that the proposed action is in the interest of the beneficiaries of the trust and should be taken.

4. A family trust company or licensed family trust company is not liable to an interested person for not taking an action that is authorized by a nonjudicial settlement agreement if the family trust company or licensed family trust company acted in good faith in not taking the action.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 1813)


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