Benjamin v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

OPINION

LAMBERT, Judge.

JP Morgan Chase Bank, as successor trustee under the last will and testament of Katherine Ida Kroeckel Hagan, brought this action for a declaration of rights with regard to certain funds presently held in a testamentary trust established for the benefit of thirteen charitable organizations (the “Trust”). Appellees are ten of the thirteen named beneficiaries of the Trust who have entered an appearance in this case (the “Charities”). Appellants are Ha-gan’s thirty-two heirs-at-law (the “Heirs”). The Heirs ask that the bulk of the trust funds be distributed to them under…