HRS §554D-603
Who controls a trust while the settlor is alive
While the person who created a revocable trust is alive, that person controls the trust and the trustee answers only to them. Other beneficiaries have no right to trust information. If someone has a power to withdraw trust property, that person controls that property and the trustee answers to them.
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The statute, as written — Settlor's powers; powers of withdrawal
(a) While the settlor of a revocable trust is alive, rights of the beneficiaries are subject to the control of the settlor, the duties of the trustee are owed exclusively to the settlor, and beneficiaries other than the settlor have no right to receive notice, information, or reports under section 554D-813. (b) The rights of the beneficiaries with respect to property that is subject to a power of withdrawal are subject to the control of the holder of the power during the period that the power may be exercised, and the duties of the trustee are owed exclusively to the holder of a power of withdrawal with respect to the property that is subject to the power.
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