Estate of Hull v. Williams

LANSING, Judge.

Dorothea Hull (Dorothea), wife of the decedent, William R. Hull (William), brought this action in her individual capacity and as personal representative of William’s estate. She alleged that shortly before William’s death, she and William transferred certain community property to William’s son, Glen Williams (Glen), with the intent to create a trust to benefit the grandchildren of Dorothea and William. Dorothea acknowledges that the intended oral trust failed for lack of specificity of terms, but contends that the transferred property is consequently impressed with a resulting…