Sullivan v. Lamach

¶1 The Estate of Marilyn M. Hedrick and Jacquelyn Sullivan, as successor trustee to the Marilyn M. Hedrick 1996 Living Trust, appeal from an order of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, denying their motions for summary judgment and granting summary judgment in favor of petitioner and objector Leroy Lamach.

¶2 We restate the issue presented for review as whether the District Court erred when it concluded that the joint will executed by Marilyn and Stanley Hedrick prohibited Marilyn from transferring property to a trust after Stanley’s death.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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