In Re Conservatorship of Didier

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Great Western Bank (Conservator) moved to declare itself the sole trustee of the Evelyn E. Didier Living Trust (Evelyn Trust) and the successor co-trustee of the Nicholas L. Didier Living Trust (Nicholas Trust) in place of Evelyn E. Didier, a protected person. Barbara Didier-Stager (Barbara), Evelyn’s daughter and a beneficiary of the trusts, objected. Barbara argued that the Guardianship and Conservatorship Act (SDCL ch. 29A-5) does not authorize a conservator to replace a protected person as trustee when the successor-trustee clause of the trust provides for a…