Paula Minassian v, Rebecca Rachins and Rick Minassian

In the midst of litigation in which the trustee of a family trust was being sued for accountings and breach of fiduciary duty,' the trustee appointed a “trust protector,” as allowed by the terms of the trust, to modify the trust’s provisions. These modifications were unfavorable to the litigation position of the beneficiaries, and they filed a supplemental complaint to declare the trust protector’s modifications invalid. The trial court found that, because the trust was unambiguous, the trust protector had no authority to change the-terms of the trust. We conclude, however, that the trust…