Estate of McNeill

GODFREY, Justice.

The Young Men’s Christian Association of Sanford and Springvale and three other charitable or benevolent organizations (“charities”) 1 appeal from an adverse judgment of the York.County Probate Court. We affirm the judgment.

Danforth Ross and his wife, Edith Ross, created three inter vivos trusts designating his daughter, Jean Ross McNeill, as lifetime income beneficiary and giving her a testamentary power to appoint the principal of each trust. In 1967, Danforth died, leaving a will which was duly probated in the York County Probate Court. The will created numerous trusts,…