Cason v. Lambert

| )This case requires us to construe a trust agreement in which Marie Eackles, one of the two settlors of a revocable trust, amended the trust after the death of the other settlor, her husband Donald Eackles. Our review encompasses whether the trial court erred (1) by finding that Marie had the power to amend the trust after the death of her husband; (2) in its interpretation of the trust and resultant distribution; and (3) by awarding attorney’s fees. Finding no error, we affirm.

I. Facts

J. Donald Eackles and A. Marie Eackles were husband and wife. In 1995, while living in California, they…