First Union Nat. Bank of SC v. Soden

HUFF, Judge:

This case involves the rights and claims of parties to the Josephine Clary trust which, by its terms, was to terminate upon the income beneficiary’s death or remarriage. Upon learning in September 1992 that Joseph Pierce (hereinafter Joseph), the income beneficiary, had allegedly remarried in 1984, First Union National Bank, as successor trustee, brought this action in probate court seeking guidance as to the proper course of action relative to the distribution of the trust assets. Josephine Clary’s niece and three great-nieces (hereinafter, collectively, the Soden Group) were…