Marriage of Wendt and Pullen

Holding

The court held that, under Family Code § 2030, a trustee of a spendthrift trust may be ordered to pay attorney’s fees incurred in a marital dissolution proceeding, and that the family court erred by conditioning such an award on a finding of trustee bad‑faith—a requirement inconsistent with the statute and with modern trust law that permits third‑party recovery for liabilities arising from trust administration. ---