Purcella v. Olive Kathryn Purcella Trust
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
BOLGER, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Olive Kathryn Purcella (Kathryn) filed a petition in the Anchorage superior court to reform or terminate the Olive Kathryn Pur-cella Trust (the trust). The superior court held, after trial, that Kathryn had not shown by clear and convincing evidence that she did not intend to execute an irrevocable trust or that the trust was the product of undue influence. It accordingly denied her petition. Kathryn appeals, arguing that the factual findings on which the superior court predicated its ruling were clearly erroneous. We affirm the judgment of the superior court…
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