A Trustee Is Not Entitled To Use Trust Property For His Own Benefit - Justice orders Trustee to repay nearly $500,000 in compensation taken as an attorney for property.
Hostile Relationship - Fighting Control from Beyond the Grave
Control from beyond the grave is often intolerable for beneficiaries unable to access their inheritance. Those appointed to ensure the responsible administration of an estate may or may not have done anything wrong. Nevertheless, the beneficiaries' resentment often stirs controversy and their frustration, mistrust and hostility can result in their asking the court to remove Estate Trustees.
Saunders v. Vautier - Trust Me Not
Regardless of the testator's intention, Courts have terminated trusts if all the beneficiaries agree, have the requisite mental capacity and are of age.