Indian Head National Bank v. Brown

This is an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court (Dalianis, J.) in favor of the plaintiff trustee’s interpretation of how the income from a residuary trust should be distributed. We affirm.

On August 14, 1969, the deceased settlor, Raymond Dexter Brown, established a revocable inter vivos trust. During the settlor’s life, he was to receive the income from the trust. After his death, the trust agreement named his wife of twenty-five years, Elsie Brown, the sole beneficiary of the marital portion of the trust (marital trust), and Elsie and his two children by a prior marriage, Phyllis…