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A Failure to Communicate

When the fiduciary and the beneficiary don’t engage with each other, it can create discord that leads to litigation.

Effective communication is as important to the world of trusts and estates as it is in virtually every aspect of human endeavor. It takes on significance both as a legal requirement and as a practical matter. Trustees act as fiduciaries, who, by definition, take on an array of duties universally recognized as the highest level of obligation that the law imposes. In Justice Benjamin Cardozo’s oft-quoted formulation:

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