<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Greetings List - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">New to me situation. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Decedent/Primary Beneficiary (D/PB) dies at 50 years old. The parents of the D/PB set up a family trust decades ago with a term that said the Trustee SHALL distribute, free of trust, once the D/PB attains the age of 40. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">That Trust distribution and dissolution of the Trust never happened and D/PB died with assets still in the family trust. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Can/should the Trustee make a distribution now to the D/PB estate for distribution under the D/PB Will OR because the funds were left in the Trust, the contingent beneficiaries who were to take if "D/PB dies before the complete distribution of their trust share.."</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">One the one hand, I say it should pass by terms of the Trust, but then I wonder if the beneficiary of the D/PB estate would have actionable claim against the Trustee because they failed in their duty to comply with the terms of the trust and distribute free of trust - so those assets would have been in the D/PB's estate if they did their duty. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Appreciate thoughts and input on this. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you!</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
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