Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District / Oct 14, 2021
JOYCE CAMP McDERMOT, personally, and as beneficiary and successor trustee under the Barbara J. Hilderbrand Revocable Trust Agreement dated January 11, 2005, as Amended and Restated, Plaintiff-Appellant v. DAVID DONER and STEPHANIE DONER, et al., Defendants-Respondents
Joyce Camp McDermot appealed the denial of her eight-count petition, which sought to challenge prior conservatorship rulings that replaced her as successor trustee and beneficiary of the Barbara J. Hilderbrand Revocable Trust. The trial court declined declaratory relief, found against her on other claims, and refused to quiet title to Hilderbrand's residence in her favor. The appellate court affirmed, holding that McDermot had an adequate remedy at law by appealing the conservatorship rulings and that her claims constituted an impermissible collateral attack on those final judgments.