<div><div dir="auto">Was a federal gift tax return filed for the gift, if transfer to trust was treated as gift? If so, maybe trust was included with gift tax return. If grantor still alive, IRS should still has the return.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 12:33 PM Cyrus Field <<a href="mailto:cyfield@rockisland.com">cyfield@rockisland.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#000000" vlink="#000000"><div class="m_-7822661720897757740WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cyrus W. Field, Attorney at Law (admitted in Washington and Oregon)<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">phone: 360-472-1223 Mail: POB 367, Shaw Island, WA 98286 Office: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/640+Mullis+St.+Friday+Harbor,+WA?entry=gmail&source=g">640 Mullis St. Friday Harbor, WA</a></span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">******************************************************************<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The information contained in this e-mail message, including attachments, may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail the sender at <a href="mailto:cyfield@rockisland.com" target="_blank">cyfield@rockisland.com</a> and destroy or delete the original and any copies. <u></u><u></u></span></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div id="m_-7822661720897757740wmQuoteWrapper"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div>***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***<br>
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