Dorcy v. First Trust Co. of St. Paul

OTIS, Justice.

The relief here sought by a trust settlor and her designated beneficiaries is first, the revocation of a provision in the trust requiring successor trustees to be corporate trustees; second, the removal of the present corporate trustee; and third, the appointment of an individual successor trustee. The respondent trust company has petitioned the trial court for an order “Instructing the Petitioner as to the proposed amendment and approving or disapproving the proposed amendment and the appointment of the successor trustee.”

Pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 501.36 (1978), the court…