PLEUS, J.
This case is a good example of why a trustee should not treat assets in a trust as though they are his or her own. In 1992, Richard Hirchert and his first wife created a family trust providing for the division of their assets into a Survivor's Trust and a Residuary Trust upon the death of either spouse. The surviving spouse could access the principal of the Residuary Trust only if all his or her assets were "fully dissipated." Seventy-five percent of the...
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