In Re the Estate of Tashjian

BECK, Judge:

The issue is whether a trustee should consider the independent financial resources of a beneficiary when determining whether to invade the corpus of a trust fund established for the support and maintenance of the beneficiary. This is an appeal by Violet Tashjian, the widow of George Tashjian, from an order denying exceptions to the dismissal of a petition to invade the principal of a testamentary trust fund. We affirm the order of the trial court.

On August 2, 1983, George Tashjian executed a will. The relevant provisions read as follows:

III. Residue: I give, devise and bequeath…