Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7910
Personal liability of trustee; limitation.
Michigan · Michigan Compiled Laws — ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE (Act 386 of 1998) · Status: effective
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- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7910, Personal liability of trustee; limitation, Michigan, version 1 as recorded 2026-08-18, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1373159
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(1) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a trustee is not personally liable on a contract properly entered into in the trustee's fiduciary capacity in the course of administration of the trust estate unless the trustee fails to reveal the trustee's representative capacity.
(2) A trustee is personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership or control of the trust estate property or for a tort committed in the course of administration of the trust estate only if the trustee is personally at fault.
(3) A claim based on a contract entered into by a trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, on an obligation arising from ownership or control of the trust estate, or on a tort committed in the course of trust administration may be asserted against the trust estate by proceeding against the trustee in the trustee's fiduciary capacity, whether or not the trustee is personally liable for the claim.
(4) The question of liability as between the trust estate and the trustee individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, or indemnification or in another appropriate proceeding.