In this eighth 2011 installment of the McGuireWoods Fiduciary Advisory Services annual multipart series on recent fiduciary cases, developments in the law concerning various topics are examined through the following:

  • Settlement:
    • Bellows v. Bellows (California)
  • Arbitration:
    • Diaz v. Bukey (California)
    • Rachal v. Reitz (Texas)
  • Disclaimers:
    • In re matter of the S.H. Bowman Trust (Minnesota)
  • Trustee Disclosure:
    • Sanders v. Stasi (Illinois)
  • Trust Reformation:
    • In re Last Will and Testament of John L. Quigley (Rhode Island)
    • In the matter of trust for Grandchildren of Wilbert L. and Genevieve W. Gore (Delaware)
    • Buchanan, et al v. Bank of America, N.A. (Rhode Island)
  • Jurisdiction:
    • Elinoff v. UBS Financial Services, Inc. (Illinois)
  • Spendthrift Provisions:
    • Fannie Mae v. Heather Apartments Limited Partnership et al (Minnesota)
  • Termination:
    • The Convention of Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Washington v. PNC Bank, N.A. (Maryland)
  • Limitations on Actions:
    • Edwards v. BancFirst (Oklahoma)
    • In re Stephen M. Gunther Revocable Living Trust, et al v. Gunther (Missouri)

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For our previous installments, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7.

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