Kasperbauer v. Fairfield

Opinion

PERREN, J.

Appellants Heidi J. Kasperbauer, Kirsten N. Roehler and Kimberly J. Haugh are the beneficiaries of a trust. They seek and receive orders substituting a successor trustee in place of respondent William D. Fairfield, who had been the trustee for over 24 years. They also seek an order directing Fairfield to provide an accounting. The trial court orders the accounting and withholds $75,000 from the trust to cover Fairfield’s anticipated attorney fees and costs associated with its preparation. At appellants’ request, the court terminates the trust and distributes the corpus to…