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Trusts and estates attorneys are often presented with a familiar scenario: a beneficiary has concerns about a trustee’s administration of a trust and seeks counsel to ensure that the trustee is acting consistently with the trustee’s fiduciary duties, including the duty to account. In the case of a suspected or discovered breach of trust, the beneficiary’s options could be limited to litigation, an uncertain, expensive, and time consuming endeavor, with the American Fee Rule potentially requiring the beneficiary to bear the financial burden of their legal expenses to obtain redress and recovery through the probate court.