UMB Bank, N.A. v. Kansas East Conference of United Methodist Church, Inc.

Buser, J.:

The Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. (Conference), appeals the district court’s ruling that it is not entitled to the remainder interest of the dissolved Central Avenue United Methodist Church of Kansas City, Kansas (Church), under the terms of a testamentary trust (Trust) established as a result of the philanthropy of Rosebud E. Keys, deceased.

We hold that because the Church was a remainder beneficiary of the Trust and the Church was in existence when the Trust ter minated (although not at the time the Trust’s proceeds were being distributed), the…