David Allen Craig v. State Indiana

The beneficiaries of the Hal Sefton Willey Trust (Trust), Lucille Willey, Frieda Radar Bass, and Billy Dean Tiller (Beneficiaries) raised objections to the First and Second Current Accounts filed by the trustee, Decatur County Bank (Trustee). The trial court approved these accounts. The Beneficiaries appeal this decision alleging: 1) that the trial court erred by approving attorneys fees of $18,000, charged to the Trust for services rendered to the Trustee, in the First and Second Current Accounts because of inadequate documentation to justify the fees and because separate fees were charged to the Trust and to Hal Sefton Willeys estate (Estate) for single services; 2) that the accounts were negligently prepared because they did not show the purchase and redemption of a certificate of deposit, and because the trusts checking account balance was transposed with the trusts savings account balance; 3) that the trial court erred in approving the accounts because they incorrectly listed acreage for two parcels of real estate in the Trust corpus; 234.88 acres in one parcel rather than 240.65 acres and 76.55 acres in another parcel rather than 76.791 acres.