To BlondiePB - more than Surprised!

[ncjourneyman]

What is the name of your state? Live in NC/Trust in Florida

Response: I was under the apparently misguided impression that the
statement that "the attorney for the Trustee and the attorney for the
trust"(same person) means that the attorney for the Trust has the fiduciary/legal responsibility to "enforce" his client (Trustee) to act
within the parameters of the Florida Trust laws which this attorney by
oath and profession is sworn to uphold. You suggest that this same
attorney (for the Trust) can (1) disregard any or all beneficiary statutory
rights under those Florida Trust Laws, (2) charge legal fees to the
Trust,(3) allow the Trustee to charge fees to the Trust, and then
(4) require beneficiaries under that Trust to hire, for addition fees,
a separate attorney "to guard the fox that's guarding the chickens".
Gee! I wonder if the Fed's see it that way, or for that matter, the
Florida Attorney General. Someone of import must have a more
circumspect view than that. We shall see.
ncjourneyman

 

[BlondiePB]

What is the name of your state? Live in NC/Trust in Florida

Response: I was under the apparently misguided impression that the
statement that "the attorney for the Trustee and the attorney for the
trust"(same person) means that the attorney for the Trust has the fiduciary/legal responsibility to "enforce" his client (Trustee) to act
within the parameters of the Florida Trust laws which this attorney by
oath and profession is sworn to uphold. You suggest that this same
attorney (for the Trust) can (1) disregard any or all beneficiary statutory
rights under those Florida Trust Laws, (2) charge legal fees to the
Trust,(3) allow the Trustee to charge fees to the Trust, and then
(4) require beneficiaries under that Trust to hire, for addition fees,
a separate attorney "to guard the fox that's guarding the chickens".
Gee! I wonder if the Fed's see it that way, or for that matter, the
Florida Attorney General. Someone of import must have a more
circumspect view than that. We shall see.
ncjourneyman

The Trustee's attorney cannot "force" the trustee to fulfill his/her legal, fiduciary obligations. That's what the court does. It is perfectly legal for the trust to pay for all the fees.

 

[ncjourneyman]

Same result/Different Attitute - Like Better

The Trustee's attorney cannot "force" the trustee to fulfill his/her legal, fiduciary obligations. That's what the court does. It is perfectly legal for the trust to pay for all the fees.

Forget about trying to get information from the lawyer who handled the trust--he is biased toward the trustee. I know it's unfair, but that is the way it is. It wouldn't have hurt him at all to provide helpful information to a beneficiary.

ncjourneyman