{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"saidee-ann-vonier-individually-and-as-trustee-of-the-james-w-gresham-living-trust-defendantresponden","displayName":"SAIDEE ANN VONIER, individually, and as Trustee of the JAMES W. GRESHAM LIVING TRUST, Defendant-Responden","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd36226:2019-12-06","opinionId":"e0740315-2ab8-5479-93fc-60a2fcfd8dc7","slug":"boyd-a-pennington-individually-and-as-successor-trustee-of-the-james-w-gr-d36226","caseName":"BOYD A. PENNINGTON, individually and as Successor Trustee of the JAMES W. GRESHAM LIVING TRUST, Plaintiff-Appellant\nvs.\nSAIDEE ANN VONIER, individually, and as Trustee of the JAMES W. GRESHAM LIVING TRUST, Defendant-Responden","caseNumber":"SD36226","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2019-12-06","year":2019,"display_summary":"Boyd A. Pennington appealed the trial court's judgment, after a bench trial, regarding the James W. Gresham Living Trust. Pennington, Gresham's stepson and a contingent beneficiary, sought to prevent Saidee Ann Vonier, Gresham's wife and successor trustee, from selling trust real estate or to mandate a deed reflecting his remainder interest. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding no merit in Pennington's arguments that Vonier's roles merged to limit her interest to a life estate or that she lacked authority to amend the trust and distribute assets to herself.","primaryTopic":"trusts","topicSlugs":["trusts","estate-probate","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=147093","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/boyd-a-pennington-individually-and-as-successor-trustee-of-the-james-w-gr-d36226","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"real-estate","label":"Real Estate","href":"/practice-areas/real-estate","score":24,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: real-estate","text: real estate","text: deed"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/real-estate"},{"slug":"estate-planning","label":"Estate Planning","href":"/practice-areas/estate-planning","score":18,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: trusts","text: trustee"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/estate-planning"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}