Sandweiss v. National Bank

Petitioners appeal as of right from the probate court’s order granting respondent’s motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We affirm.

Petitioners filed a petition to require a full accounting from respondent as the successor trustee of the Alfred H. Goldman Marital Trust and to surcharge respondent for breaching its fiduciary duties relative to the marital trust. The probate court’s order set forth the following succinct history of this case:

Alfred H. Goldman died on October 17, 1970. Surviving him were his wife, Francis [sic] Goldman [Abelcop] and a son, Barry A. Goldman.…