My bookmarksSign up free

Act No. 190 Section 583

When trustee declines, resigns, dies, or is removed.

Section 583

SEC. 583. When trustee declines, resigns, dies, or is removed. — When a trustee, under a written instrument declines, resigns, dies, or is removed before the objects of the trust are accomplished, and when no adequate provision is made in such instrument for supplying the vacancy, the Court of First Instance wherein the will was established, if such instrument was a will, or, if it was an instrument other than a will, the court of the province wherein the property, or some portion thereof, affected by the trust is situated, shall, after due notice to all persons interested, appoint a new trustee to act alone or jointly with the others, as the case may be.

Read the full instrument → · Open the chapter this section belongs to: CHAPTER XXVIII →

Other provisions in CHAPTER XXVIII

Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗ · Data as of 2026-07-04

CitationAct No. 190 Section 583 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

What to look at next