Legal Opinion

In Re the Trust of Willcockson

Court of Appeals of Iowa

Decided March 26, 1985No. 83-655PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

This appeal is brought by the bank administering two trusts and the cross-appeal is brought by the daughter of the settlor of the trusts. Numerous alleged errors of the court are presented on appeal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

This litigation began when the decedent, an attorney, created a trust which, upon his death, was to be divided into two equal trusts. One trust was called the “Laura L. Willcockson Trust” created for the benefit of his wife, and which we will refer to as the marital trust. The other was called the “Edwin Willcockson Trust” and we will…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Perkins's Trust EstateCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Woodward v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
  3. Murphy v. FallonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  4. Osborne v. Iowa Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
  5. In Re Estate of ToneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1949

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Trust T-1 of Mary Faye Trimble, Judith R. Cunningham, TrusteeSupreme Court of Iowa · 2013
  2. Birkhofer Ex Rel. Johannsen v. BrammeierSupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  3. Bronner v. Exchange State BankCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1990
  4. Bronner v. Exchange State BankCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1990

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