· 2/25/2011
In Re Goodlander
Citations
- 20 A.3d 199
- 161 N.H. 490
How courts have described this case
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- holding that interest in revocable trust was “mere expectancy” that could not be included within marital estate or considered as an asset “outside of the marital property” in dividing marital estate
- holding that interest in revocable trust was “mere expectancy” that could not be included within marital estate or considered as an asset “outside of the marital property” in dividing marital estate
- explaining that the trustee of a trust “owes a fiduciary duty to all beneficiaries of the trust,” including a beneficiary whose interest in future distributions from the trust constitutes a mere expectancy
- relying on Uniform Trust Code, as adopted in New Hampshire, to hold that trust interest is not marital property
- relying on Uniform Trust Code, as adopted in New Hampshire, to hold that trust interest is not marital property
- discretionary trust distributions were a “mere expectancy” and not property subject to equitable division during divorce
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Judges: Conboy, Duggan, Horton, Rsa
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