Restatement (Second) of Trusts is cited by which section number in the material?

• A. Section 75
• B. Section 74
• C. Section 76
• D. Section 72

Answer: (A)

Restatement (Second) of Trusts is a leading secondary source that courts and scholars rely on to explain and illustrate trust principles when statutes are silent or ambiguous. In study materials, the place where this Restatement is discussed is the section that covers how such authorities are cited and used to interpret trust doctrines. That discussion is the one that explicitly references the Restatement as persuasive authority, which is why this section is the best fit. The other sections focus on statutory provisions, procedures, or specific rules that don’t engage with the Restatement as a cited authority, so they don’t fit the question as well.