In Re: Donald Hyde Trust

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Donald Hyde had a will and later created a revocable trust that he funded with real estate and a brokerage account containing stock. Hyde also executed five codicils before and after he created the trust. In one post-trust codicil, he bequeathed the stock to his siblings. However, the stock was in the trust, and under the trust, the stock was to be distributed to charities upon his death. During his life, Hyde also deeded trust real estate to siblings and loaned his sister money that he obtained from the trust brokerage account. Following Hyde’s death, the circuit court…