§ 724 Inapplicability to lifetime trustees

This law says that the rules in this section of New York's court procedures don't apply to lifetime trustees, unless the law specifically says otherwise or the situation clearly calls for it.

A lifetime trustee is someone who manages a trust that was set up while the person who created it was still alive. This is different from a trust created through a will, which only takes effect after someone dies. The rules in this article were written mainly with will-based trusts and estate matters in mind, so they generally don't cover the day-to-day management of living trusts.

For people dealing with a lifetime trust, this means they usually need to look at other parts of the law for guidance, not this particular section. If you're a trustee or beneficiary of a living trust and you're trying to figure out what rules apply to you, this section will typically not be the one you need, unless another law points back to it or the situation makes clear that it should apply.