Matter of Estate of West
Court of Appeals of Utah
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BILLINGS, Judge:
Beneficiaries of the Herschel J. and Hazel L. West Trust appeal the trial court’s determination that Herschel West, a eo-trustor/trustee, could unilaterally revoke a joint trust after the death of his co-trustor/trustee and first wife, Hazel West. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of ap-pellee Marilyn West, Herschel West’s second wife, concluding she owned the disputed property as a matter of law. We reverse and remand.
FACTS
Herschel and Hazel West executed an inter vivos trust, naming themselves as co-trustees and conveying their home into the trust with…
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