Legal Opinion
In re Macmackin Nominee Realty Trust
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 10, 2019No. 17-P-1573PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtNeyman, J.
*144In this appeal, we are asked to review a decree issued by a judge of the Probate and Family Court terminating a nominee trust under the Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code (MUTC), G. L. c. 203E. We conclude that termination was warranted pursuant to § 412 (a ) of the MUTC, and thus affirm.
Background. The present case involved six vacant lots located "adjacent to and between" two summer cottages on Martha's Vineyard. For many decades, the cottages and the lots were owned by, or held in trust for the benefit of, members of the MacMackin family, including Alice MacMackin (Alice) and her husband…
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