Legal Opinion
King v. Lynch
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 10, 2012No. F062232PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LEVY, Acting P. J.
—This is an appeal from an order granting a petition to determine the construction of a trust and the validity of certain trust amendments. We conclude that the trial court correctly construed the trust and found that the amendments to the trust were invalid. Accordingly, the order will be affirmed.
BACKGROUND
In July 2004, Zoel Night Lynch and Edna Mae Lynch, a married couple, created a revocable trust.1 The trust designated the settlors, Zoel and Edna, as initial trustees of the trust. The trust provided that during the lifetime of the settlors, the income and…
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