Klaskin v. Klepak

William L. Klaskin, administrator of the estate of Virgil Robert Woodruff, brought a citation proceeding against Ralla Klepak to recover title to a condominium unit which the decedent held in a land trust at the time of his death. The land trust agreement specified that the decedent’s beneficial interest in the trust would pass to Klepak at the time of his death. The administrator alleged that Klepak acted as the decedent’s attorney when he purchased the condominium unit and established the land trust, and that she acquired an interest as successor beneficiary of the land trust by exerting…