CHURCH OF LITTLE FLOWER v. US BANK

No. 4-12-0266.

979 N.E.2d 106 (2012)

2012 IL App (4th) 120266

365 Ill. Dec. 740

CHURCH OF the LITTLE FLOWER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. US BANK, as Trustee of the Erma L. Donelan Trust, Defendant-Appellant, and St. Joseph's Home; Hospital Sisters of St. Francis Foundation, Inc.; and The Office of the Illinois Attorney General, as an Interested Party, Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

November 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Stuart, Jr. (argued), of Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jason T.H. Germeraad (argued), of Scott & Scott, P.C., of Springfield, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice COOK delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In June 2010, plaintiff, Church of the Little Flower, petitioned the trial court for reformation of a trust of which plaintiff is one of three remaining beneficiaries. Plaintiff asked the court to apply the doctrine of equitable deviation to terminate the trust and distribute its assets to the beneficiaries. One of the named defendants, U.S. Bank, is currently the trustee of...

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