Act of trustee in contravention of trust · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 7-2.4 Act of trustee in contravention of trust
If the trust is expressed in the instrument creating the estate of the trustee, every sale, conveyance or other act of the trustee in contravention of the trust, except as authorized by this article and by any other provision of law, is void.
When the trust is expressed in the instrument creating the trustee’s estate, any unauthorized sale, conveyance, or other trustee act that violates the trust is void. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.