In re Max Hacker Family Trust

No. 128,971 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS In the Matter of the MAX HACKER FAMILY TRUST. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The Trust Code, K.S.A. 58a-1010, authorizes claims against a trustee other than breach of trust but provides that independent claims under tort and contract law would be subject to the substantive law appropriate to those claims—including the applicable statute of limitations. 2. If a claim against a trustee may be viewed both as a tort claim that would be barred by the applicable statute of limitations for tort under K.S.A. Chapter 60, Article 5, yet also as a…