The Texas Supreme Court has the opportunity to accept a petition for review in an important case dealing with a spendthrift trust, trustee capacity, and trustee due process rights. In Allison v. Borunda, P.C., siblings Caroline and Richard Allison (“Siblings”) hired attorneys on contingent fee agreements to investigate their
Presentation: Top Trust and Estate Issues the Texas Supreme Court Should Address
David F. Johnson presented his paper “Top Trust and Estate Issues the Texas Supreme Court Should Address” to the State Bar of Texas’s 50th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course in Frisco, Texas, on June 3, 2026. David discussed the right to jury trials in trust proceedings, jurisdiction over
Texas Supreme Court To Review Whether A Corporate Trust’s Shareholder Has Standing To Sue On Behalf Of The Trust
The Supreme Court granted oral argument in In re UMTH Gen. Servs., L.P., 2023 WL 8291829 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2023), wherein a real estate investment trust entered into an advisory agreement with an entity and gave it authority to manage corporate assets. One of the trust’s shareholders sued the advisor