CHILES v. CHILES

20642

270 S.C. 379 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 426

Walter H. CHILES, Respondent, v. Georgia Sykes CHILES, Grace Lewellyn Lovell Miller, Samuel George Lovell, Jr., Lawrence Edward Gray, John Marion Gray, Jr., Mary Margaret Chiles Burtis, Sarah Hale Chiles Shelburne, John Parham Chiles, Walter Hale Chiles, Jr., Paul Foster Chiles, John Russell Chiles, Jr., Julia Chiles Lovell, Mary Chiles Gray, Julia Carolyn Lovell, a minor over the age of fourteen years, and Walter Hale Chiles, III, a minor under the age of fourteen years, Baptist Foundation of South Carolina, Inc., and the Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, of whom Walter Hale Chiles, III, a minor under the age of fourteen, is Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.T. Abbott, Jr., of Conway, for Appellant.

Barnes, Austin & Ellison, of Columbia, for Respondent.


March 15, 1978.

RHODES, Justice:

This is an action instituted by the settlor of an irrevocable inter vivos trust to modify the trust instrument by extinguishing the interests of certain beneficiaries. The lower court granted the modification and only Walter Hale Chiles, III, a minor under the age of fourteen and a beneficiary under the trust, appeals contending the lower court erred in extinguishing his interest in the trust. We agree and reverse only...

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