[ §554D-1004] Attorney's fees and costs.
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[ §554D-1004] Attorney's fees and costs.
(a)In a judicial proceeding involving the administration, interpretation, or validity of a trust, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and expenses to any party to the trust who has acted in the best interest of the trust as a whole, to be paid by another party or from the trust that is the subject of the controversy.
(b)If a trustee , a nominated trustee, or a beneficiary, if a trustee or a nominated trustee refuses to act, defends or prosecutes any proceeding regarding the validity of a trust in good faith, whether successful or not, that person is entitled to receive from the trust reasonable costs, expenses, and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees , regardless of whether counsel has been retained on a contingency fee basis. [L 2021, c 32, pt of §2]