Inquiries into the governing law of a trust may initially seem straightforward, with the trust document’s concluding paragraph appearing to hold the definitive answer. However, this seemingly simple question unveils a nuanced complexity. A single trust may be subject to up to three distinct domains of governing law: validity, construction and administration. Understanding a trust’s governing law (or laws) is an imperative task that must be undertaken to interpret the document,
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