JOHNSON v. DENNIS

No. 23-0847.

ERIN JOHNSON, TRACI CHRISTENSON, CARRIE SLAGLE and RICHARD DOUD, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and WESLEY J. HILLSHEIM, Intervenor, v. MICHAEL DENNIS, prior trustee of the DENNIS FAMILY TRUST, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Filed April 10, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Marner Jr. , Ann M.K. McCrea , Dana A. Judas , and Daniel G. Clouse of Nazette Marner Nathanson Knoll LLP, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Chad D. Brakhahn of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman, PLC, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

Considered by Schumacher, P.J., and Ahlers and Langholz, JJ.


Michael Dennis appeals the district court ruling on the distribution of assets of the Dennis Family Trust.1 He argues that Mardelle Doud had a vested remainder, and the court erred in its interpretation of the trust when the court granted her share of the trust estate to her issue.

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