In Re Stephen M. Gunther Revocable Living

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

The plaintiffs, beneficiaries Alton Gunther and Adam Gunther, by their next friend Angel Gunther, appeal the summary judgment entered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County against them and in favor of the defendant, trustee J. Barry Gunther. Because the trustee owed no duty to the beneficiaries prior to the settlor’s death, they are not entitled to an accounting of trust transactions prior to that date. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

On June 3, 1997, the settlor, Stephen M. Gunther, established the Stephen M. Gunther Revocable Living Trust. The settlor named…