In the Matter of the Walter Penner Trust Under Agreement Created by the Grantor, Walter Penner on April 13, 2010, Stanley Penner v. Ronald Penner

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• noting that extrinsic evidence is inadmissible to add to, vary, or explain the terms of a written instrument so long as the terms of the instrument are clear and unambiguous
• awarding appellee Trust appellate attorney’s fees based on appellant’s procedural violations
• “A trust instrument’s language is not ambiguous simply because the parties disagree about its meaning; instead, the language of the instrument is ambiguous only if reasonable people could come to different conclusions as to its meaning.”

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