In re Butler

This proceeding was brought on by Miriam C. Butler, the grantor of an inter vivos trust, for an order construing the said trust “so as to determine and define the rights and powers of the grantor to revoke said trust in whole or in part, in which latter event, for a sum of money from the principal of the aforesaid trust of not less than Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.).”

The basis for the revocation sought in this proceeding is that the trustee has refused to grant such revocation. It is alleged that the money sought is necessary to maintain the petitioner in the standard of living as…