Legal Opinion
Kelsey Alexander v. UMB Ban, NA, Trustee of the Darthea Stodder Harrison Trust Jodi Lea Stodder
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided August 23, 2016No. WD79378PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCynthia L. Martin, Judge
Kelsey Alexander (“Alexander”) appeals from a judgment denying her petition to construe a trust to require distribution to the descendants of the settlor’s deceased brothers’ children. Because we agree with Alexander that the trust created a remainder interest in settlor’s deceased brothers’ children that was descendible and that was not subject to the condition of survival, we reverse and remand.
Factual and Procedural Background
Darthea Stodder Harrison (“Settlor”) formed a trust by executing a trust agreement on March 18, 1947 (“Trust”). The Trust was executed in Kansas. UMB Bank, N.A.,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Trautz v. LempSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Bunting v. SpeekSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
- Shannep v. StrongSupreme Court of Kansas · 1945
- Betty G. Weldon Revocable Trust Ex Rel. Vivion v. WeldonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Kelsey Alexander v. UMB Bank, N.A. As TrusteeMissouri Court of Appeals · 2021
- LOUIE R. KEEN v. AMBER WOLFE, individually and in her capacity as Trustee of the April 4, 2011 Restatement of Revocable Trust Agreement of Rosetta Keen, and CYNTHIA KEENMissouri Court of Appeals · 2023
- Patricia C. Berezo v. Lalo BerezoMissouri Court of Appeals · 2021
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