Edwards v. Gillis

Opinion

MILLER, J.

INTRODUCTION

On December 8, 1988, Eileen P. Gillis (decedent) executed the Eileen Gillis 1988 Trust (hereinafter the Trust) which named her daughter, Beverly Sims (Sims), as successor trustee and distributed the entire contents of the Trust equally between her children Sharyn Christine Matriotti, Barbara Des-Rochers, Wayne Demmel, Kim Des-Rochers, and Sims, upon decedent’s death. The Trust provided that the beneficiaries must survive distribution of the assets of the Trust to inherit or their shares would be distributed equally among the surviving beneficiaries. On December…