California First Bank v. Culp

Opinion

BUTLER, J.

California First Bank as trustee of a testamentary trust appeals an order continuing the court’s jurisdiction over the trust and requiring the bank to submit an accounting every three years. We conclude the bank as trustee is not subject to continuing court jurisdiction under the 1983 amendment to Probate Code1 section 1120 as the trust does not so provide, and reverse.

I

Ray C. Goddard died testate February 26, 1951. His will was admitted to probate and assets were distributed to a testamentary trust with the bank’s predecessor as trustee for the benefit of his wife and…