Grace Thru Faith v. Caldwell

OPINION

LILLARD, Judge.

This is a ease involving a trustee’s improper accounting procedures and misuse of funds regarding a trust set up to receive Soeial Security Insurance payments. At issue is whether Tennessee state courts have subject matter jurisdiction to hear a dispute between a beneficiary and his representative payee over alleged misuse of Social Security benefits. The trial court found it had jurisdiction. We affirm.

Edward Irwin, an ordained minister, and his wife, Rebecca Irwin (“the Irwins”), are officers in a non-profit organization named Grace Thru Faith Ministries (“Grace Thru…