Doolittle v. Exchange Bank

Opinion

POLLAK, Acting P. J.

Susan Doolittle appeals from orders of the probate court authorizing Exchange Bank, the trustee of her mother’s trust, to use trust assets to defend against two actions Susan has filed challenging the disposition of the trust estate under an amendment to the trust. Susan contends the provision of the amendment that authorizes these expenditures is, in effect, a no contest clause that under current provisions of the Probate Code may not be enforced without a determination that her challenges lack merit and were brought without probable cause and, in all events, may…