Elaine Jaffe v. William C. Pournaras, Trustee of the Irrevocable Living Trust of Constantine W. Pournaras, Trustee of the Constantine Living Trust, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Constantine W. Pournaras
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice Suttell,
for the Court.
The plaintiff, Elaine Jaffe (Jaffe), and the defendant, William C. Pournaras (Pournaras), are the two surviving children of Constantine W. Pournaras (Constantine or decedent). 1 The matter presently before us is the defendant’s appeal from a Superi- or Court judgment granting the plaintiffs request for declaratory relief and prohibiting the defendant from transferring assets of the decedent’s irrevocable living trust into the decedent’s estate. This case came before the Supreme Court pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause…
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