[WSBAPT] lost trust agreement

[Cyrus Field]

Folks- I was recently contacted by a local charity that wanted to have successor trustees appointed for a trust that was established over 20 years ago to hold real property for its benefit. The rub is nobody can find the original trust document, much less a copy of it, and charity apparently did look in all the obvious places (e.g. their files, grantor of property, title company, successors to attorneys involved). I’m confirming all this but I suspect there is a pretty good chance we will come up empty handed. 

 

I haven’t gotten my hands dirty on this yet but I’m curious whether anyone has dealt with a similar situation where trust agreement for charity has disappeared? Grantor of real estate is still around so shooting from the hip, maybe a TEDRA agreement with grantor, charity and  AG’s office as parties? Thanks in advance for any suggestions/guidance, Cy 

 

Cyrus W. Field, Attorney at Law (admitted in Washington and Oregon)

phone: 360-472-1223 Mail: POB 367, Shaw Island, WA 98286 Office: 640 Mullis St. Friday Harbor, WA

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