Van Vechten v. Anyzeski

In these cases, which we consolidate for this opinion, the decedent’s trustee appeals from two probate court orders: (1) an order denying the trustee’s motion for attorney’s fees after she prevailed on the beneficiary’s petition to revoke the decedent’s trust amendment; and (2) an order compelling a distribution from the trust to the beneficiary’s estate without offsetting the trustee’s attorney’s fees. The trustee raises two arguments. First, the trustee argues the court erred in finding she did not adequately plead an entitlement to attorney’s fees. Second, the trustee argues the court…