National City Bank, N.E. v. Beyer

There are three issues for our consideration. The first issue is whether Katherine Beyer’s one-third share of Donald Van Horn’s trust fund should be distributed to her estate, as administered by the state of New Jersey, or to her sisters Sophie and Elizabeth Beyer. To answer this question we must ascertain how Donald Van Horn intended the trust corpus from his testamentary trust to be distributed. The second issue is whether the state of New Jersey had standing to challenge distribution of Katherine Beyer’s share of *156the trust. The third issue is whether the trustee fees and expenses awarded…