MANGELS v. CORNELL

No. 98,780.

189 P.3d 573 (2008)

Darrell MANGELS, Carl Mangels, and Involuntarily Joined Plaintiffs: Ronald Mangels, Donald Mangels, and Robert Mangels, Appellants, v. Judith CORNELL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

August 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Owen, II, of Charles E. Owen, II, P.A., of Garden City, and S. Lucky DeFries, and Jeffrey A. Wietharn, of Coffman, DeFries & Nothern, of Topeka, for appellants.

William J. Graybill, of Graybill, Witcher & Ambrosier, of Elkhart, for appellee.

Before GREENE, P.J., MARQUARDT and LEBEN, JJ.


GREENE, J.

This appeal frames for our consideration the construction of a revocable trust and requires that we determine whether the district court erred in validating trust amendments executed after the death of one of the grantors/settlors, which amendments changed the trustees and significantly changed the distribution of income to successor beneficiaries. Appellants Darrel and Carl Mangels, adopted sons of deceased settlor C.L. "Bud" Helwig, challenge the amendments...

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