In Re Couch Trust

OPINION

LAMB, Vice Chancellor.

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioner, Helen W. Ruff, the life income beneficiary of a testamentary trust, filed this petition on -November 25, 1996 seeking (i) a determination that she is entitled to invade the trust principal to pay educational expenses of her children; and (ii) an order removing PNC Bank (“PNC”) as trustee of the trust for allegedly abusing its discretion and acting in bad faith in its administration of the trust. Petitioner contends that the testamentary trust created for her and her children permits her to invade trust principal for the benefit of her…