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Settlors No Contest Clause Trusts

Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University...

An action brought by a trust beneficiary to remedy a breach of fiduciary duty ought not to trigger the trust’s in-terrorem clause,...

A court should not enforce a trust in terrorem clause if its enforcement under the particular facts and circumstances would frustrate settlor intent. Assuming that the settlor intended to impress a trust upon the property,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Divergence Among States in Enforcement of In Terrorem Clauses in Wills and Trusts

Recent decisions in California and Mississippi illustrate the divergence among states regarding enforcement of in terrorem clauses in wills and trusts...more

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