In In re Estate of Boylan, a father died in 2006 and named his son Cooper as executor. No. 02-14-00170-CV, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 1427 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth February 12, 2015, no pet. hist.). His other son Lonnie opposed an application to probate the father’s will due to alleged
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A Beneficiary Can Seek to Remove an Executor or Trustee Without Triggering a No-Contest Clause
By David Fowler Johnson on
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals
In Ard v. Hudson, a beneficiary sued testamentary trustees and executors for breach of fiduciary duty and also sought temporary injunctive relief and also sought a receiver. No. 02-13-00198-CV, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8727 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth August 20, 2015, no pet. history). The trial court granted a summary…