Trustees in Michigan can seek release for wrongdoing or just to prevent allegation of wrongdoing. See MCL 700.7909, which is part of the Michigan Trust Code; it says so. The problem is, without explicit instruction in a trust I don’t know for sure the circumstances under which a beneficiary’s release is valid. Here’s what I do know:

MCL 700.7821(3)(a) and (b) give two examples of when a release given to a trustee will not be valid. First, if its improperly induced by the trustee. Second, if the beneficiary didn’t know a material fact relating to a trustee’s breach of duty.