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IN RE LYONS MARITAL TRUST

No. A05-1774.

717 N.W.2d 457 (2006)

In the Matter of the Vera LYONS MARITAL TRUST Created Under Article 4 of the Last Will and Testament of M. Arnold Lyons, Dated October 9, 1985. In the Matter of M. Arnold Lyons Family Trust Created Under Article 4 of the Last Will and Testament of M. Arnold Lyons, Dated October 8, 1985. In the Matter of the Vera Lyons Revocable Trust Created Under Agreement dated May 31, 1988.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Schieffer, Anderson Dove Fretland & Van Valkenburg, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for appellants Andrew W. Buirge & William C. Buirge.

Christopher T. Shaheen, Peter S. Hendrixson, William J. Berens, Dorsey & Whitney L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Barbara Hobbs.

Stephen R. Litman, Leonard, Street, and Deinard, Minneapolis, MN, for all trustees.

Considered and decided by RANDALL, Presiding Judge, WILLIS, Judge, and PARKER, Judge.

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

On appeal from an order reforming Vera Lyon's will and revocable trust agreement that was based on a determination that Vera Lyons improperly exercised a special power of appointment over her deceased husband's family trust in favor of her revocable trust, appellants argue that the district court erred by reforming the trust. Because the district court correctly held that Vera Lyon's exercise of her special power of appointment was...

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