Jane E. Mense v. Zachary W. Rennick, Defendants/Respondents.

OPINION

Lisa Van Amburg, Chief Judge

Jane Mense appeals the judgment of the probate division of the circuit court enforcing the succession provisions of her irrevocable trust as directed by the first trustee, Zach Rennick. We affirm.

Background

Appellants are Jane Mense and her minor daughter, Clare. Respondent Zach Rennick is an attorney and Mense’s nephew. Additional respondents are Mense’s adult children, Ethan, Emma, and Maxwell Nieder.

Mense’s husband died in September 2009, leaving her a $1.2 million life insurance policy, Rennick, -then-'the family’s attorney, drafted an irrevocable trust…