EState (william A.).

Full title: ESTATE OF GIRALDIN (William A.).

Court: Supreme Court of California

Date published: Dec 21, 2011

134 Cal. Rptr. 3d 541 (Cal. 2011)

265 P.3d 1037

Opinion

No. S197694.

2011-12-21

ESTATE OF GIRALDIN (William A.).

Prior report: Cal.App., 131 Cal.Rptr.3d 799

Petition for review granted; issues limited.

The petition for review is granted.

The issue to be briefed and argued is limited to the following: When the settlor of a revocable intervivos trust appoints, during his lifetime, someone other than himself to act as trustee, once the settlor dies and the trust becomes irrevocable, do the remainder beneficiaries have standing to sue the trustee for breaches of fiduciary duty committed during the period of revocability?

WERDEGAR, J., was absent and did not participate.

CANTIL–SAKAUYE, C.J., KENNARD, BAXTER, CHIN, CORRIGAN, and LIU, JJ., concur.