Colorado Code § 15-16-917

Relief from liability and indemnification
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(1) Except as otherwise
provided in this section, a second-trust instrument may not relieve an authorized fiduciary from
liability for breach of trust to a greater extent than the first-trust instrument.
(2) A second-trust instrument may provide for indemnification of an authorized
fiduciary of the first trust or another person acting in a fiduciary capacity under the first trust for
any liability or claim that would have been payable from the first trust if the decanting power
had not been exercised.
(3) A second-trust instrument may not reduce fiduciary liability in the aggregate.
(4) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, a second-trust instrument may divide and
reallocate fiduciary powers among fiduciaries, including one or more trustees, distribution
advisors, investment advisors, trust protectors, or other persons, and relieve a fiduciary from
liability for an act or failure to act of another fiduciary as permitted by law of this state other
than this part 9.

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