Mucci v. Stobbs

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOPKINS

delivered the opinion of the court:

John Dale Stobbs, as trustee of the inter vivas trusts of Dr. Michele Mucci and Mrs. Bernice Mucci, who are now deceased, appeals from the trial court’s order removing him as trustee. On appeal, Stobbs argues that the trial court abused its discretion in ordering his removal as trustee. We affirm.

I. FACTS

The appellant, John Dale Stobbs, is a licensed attorney and a partner in the law firm of Stobbs and Sinclair. In 1989, Stobbs drafted virtually identical wills and revocable inter vivas trusts for his longtime friends, Michele and…