In re Estate of Cass

The respondent, Gilbert Cass, trustee of the Cass Family Trust, appeals a decision of the Carroll County Probate Court (O’Neill, J.). He contends that the court erred in quashing a deposition, failing to invite him to fully participate in the trial as a pro se litigant, and imposing a constructive trust upon property that the testator, Madeline M. Cass, bequeathed to him. We affirm.

The record reveals the following facts. On September 19, 1983, John W. Cass and Madeline M. Cass executed the Cass Family Trust. They named themselves co-trustees of the trust and named the respondent, their son,…