Hilgendorf v. Estate of Coleman

The main issue presented in this appeal is whether an estate or a beneficiary of a revocable trust created by the decedent may compel the trustee to render an accounting of receipts and disbursements made during the life of the decedent, where the trust did not require account-ings, the settlor never .requested account-ings during her lifetime, and there is no showing of any breach of .fiduciary duty on the part of the trustee. The estate’s interest here stems from the trust’s obligation to pay the expenses of probate administration, and the beneficiary’s interest vested upon the death of the…