Dolch v. MUFG Union Bank CA1/4
Appellant Debra Dolch is the conservator of the estate of Thea Bacon, who passed away in January 2021. Dolch is also the trustee of the Thea Bacon Living Trust (Thea’s Personal Trust). Thea was a lifetime beneficiary of a testamentary trust (Trust) established by Thea’s husband, Frank Rogers Bacon, Jr. Dolch appeals from the denial of her petition to remove the cotrustees (Prob. Code, § 15642) of the Trust, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (Union Bank), and Mark Brodka (collectively, Trustees), for failure to fund litigation seeking to recover Thea’s sizeable personal assets from accused elder abuser James Sykes. Dolch contends the trial court erred by ruling on her petition without an evidentiary hearing, finding she lacked standing to pursue the petition due to Thea’s death and determining the Trustees had not abused their discretion in refusing to fund the ongoing litigation. We affirm for lack of standing. Accordingly, we do not reach the merits of Dolch’s petition.
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