Dodd v. Berlinsky

STILWELL, Judge:

Claude Roy Dodd brought an action to terminate a trust he established in favor of Kristen Leigh Cook Kerrison in settlement of a civil lawsuit. The trial court terminated the trust and ordered the trustee to reconvey to Dodd the real property which was a portion of the trust’s corpus. The trustee, Bruce A. Berlinsky, appeals. We reverse.

*175BACKGROUND

In March 1984, Dodd was indicted for assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree, and lewd act on a minor.1 Kerrison was the alleged victim. On…