Matter of John T. Gassmann Trust

Tufte, Justice.

[¶ 1] Margaret Oakland appeals a district court order granting Bell Bank’s petition to approve the accounting, distribution, and termination of the John T. Gassmann generation-skipping trust. She also appeals from an order- denying her motion for relief from the order approving Bell Bank’s' petition. Oakland argues that Gassmann improperly exercised a special power of appointment over the trust estate and that Bell Bank breached its fiduciary duty of impartiality. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] John T. Gassmann died in February 2012. Oakland is his only child. Under a generation-skipping…