The job of a trustee is filled with countless ongoing duties and responsibilities. In fact, there are professionals who dedicate their entire careers to acting as trustee, charged with the management and safekeeping of property for the benefit of others. Navigating through not only the legal language of a trust, but California Trust law that dictates administrative procedure can be a daunting task. A layperson who finds himself or herself named as the trustee of a trust is likely unaware of the many tasks required to dutifully carry out the administration. When it comes to administering a trust, the old adage rings true - “You don’t know, what you don’t know.”