Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 18, 1992No. 75088PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice.
The question presented in this appeal is whether an amendment to a written trust agreement should be reformed because of an alleged inadvertent scrivener’s error, to reflect the grantor’s intent that his trust estate qualify for the maximum possible Federal estate tax marital deduction.
In March 1977, John T. Griffin, as grant- or, executed the John T. Griffin Revocable Trust Agreement, naming himself and ap-pellee Martha W. Griffin as co-trustees. As a result of changes to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), grantor executed the third amendment to his trust agreement in 1984.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Morgan v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Cleary Petroleum Corp. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Ollie v. RainboltSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
- Ingram v. Oneok, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Shoemaker v. Estate of FreemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
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- Thompson v. Estate of H. H. CoffieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
- In Re Estate of TuthillDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
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