Co-Trustee Not Understanding Objections Did Not Get It Done.
Although the discussion on the fee issue was unpublished, a trustee needs to know that it must understand objections and respond to them soundly in a probate accounting context for purposes of avoiding fee exposure.
In Gray v. Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area, Case No. E059761 (4th Dist., Div. 2 Jan. 6, 2016) (partially published; fee discussion not published), sole net income beneficiary/co-trustee and remainder beneficiary of a trust squared off regarding a Las Vegas property, with the co-trustee being removed and with the co-trustee losing a failure to properly account. That did justify an award of adverse attorney’s fees under Leader v. Cords, 182 Cal.App.4th 1588, 1591 (2010)—not a lot involved, but a good lesson to trustees or probate attorneys reading this blog.