Kutchinski v. Strazzante

OPINION

PYLE, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This appeal involves a family dispute between half-siblings — Robert Kutchinski (“Robert”), Sheila Graves flk/a Sheila Kutchinski (“Sheila”), John Kutchinski (“John”), Joseph Strazzante (“Joseph”), and Monty Strazzante (“Monty”) — over the revocable living trust (“the Trust”) created by their mother, Dorothy Rhoades (“Dorothy”). When Dorothy initially created the Trust in 2003, she included all her children as beneficiaries. In July 2010, eleven days before her death, Dorothy amended the Trust and other estate planning documents to exclude Robert as a…