IN MATTER OF HOLMQUIST TRUST

No. 83-2257.

120 Wis.2d 588 (1984)

357 N.W.2d 7

IN the MATTER OF the Ralph HOLMQUIST TRUST: Christine BENNETT, Trustee, Appellant, v. SAWYER COUNTY and Trempealeau County, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joe Thrasher and Katherine M. Stewart of Rice Lake.

For the respondent Sawyer County the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas E. Van Roy, district attorney, of Hayward.

For the respondent Trempealeau County the cause was submitted on the brief of LaVerne Michalak, district attorney, of Whitehall.

For the life beneficiary the cause was submitted on the brief of Howard P. Hilden, guardian ad litem.

Before Foley, P.J., Dean and Cane, JJ.


FOLEY, P.J.

Christine Bennett, trustee of the Ralph Holmquist trust, appeals an order requiring her to make additional payments from the trust to cover Sophie Holmquist's expenses at the Trempealeau County Health Care Center. Sophie is Bennett's mother, Ralph's widow, and the trust's beneficiary. Bennett, who is entitled to any amount remaining in the trust when Sophie dies, contends that the court does not have the authority to order her to make the additional payments...

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