Reliance Trust Co. v. Candler

BENHAM, Justice.

The facts of this case are set forth in the opinion of the Court of Appeals that is the subject of this Court’s review upon grant of a petition for a writ of certiorari. See Reliance Trust Co. v. Candler, 315 Ga. App. 495 (726 SE2d 636) (2012). In summary, the remainder beneficiaries of the revocable marital trust created by the wife of *16Charles Howard Candler III sued Reliance Trust Company (“Reliance”), co-trustee of the trust, for breach of trust. They alleged that after the death of the settlor, Reliance made improper distributions from the corpus of the trust to Mr.…