Rhay v. Johnson

— Charlotte Johnson appeals a court order granting Vera Graves’ (Vera) motion for summary judgment, quieting title in testamentary trust properties devised to Vera by her adoptive parents/natural grandparents and appointing Vera as successor trustee for the trust.

Ms. Johnson contends: (1) Vera holds only a life estate with a contingent remainder in the trust property; (2) the trial court erred in not removing Vera as trustee because of her express intention to deplete the trust assets; and (3) Vera’s adoption of 65-year-old Bobby Rhay did not satisfy the "issue of her body” contingency of the…