Northern Trust Bank of Arizona, N.A. v. Goodman

OPINION

GERBER, Judge.

¶ 1 Northern Trust Bank of Arizona (“Trustee”), trustee under a pour-over trust created by decedent Juanita M. Ward in 1986, appeals from a final probate court order that (1) removed it as personal representative of Ward’s estate, (2) approved a “Family Settlement Agreement” executed by Ward’s children and grandchildren after her death, (3) removed her will from informal probate, and (4) directed that her assets “shall pass by intestacy” to appellees, her adult children. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the Family Settlement Agreement constituted a valid…