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This legal document outlines a court's decision regarding a trust agreement and whether a trustee's agreement to arbitration binds a minor beneficiary to future disputes. The court found that the trustee's signature did not bind the minor beneficiary to arbitration of unknown future disputes or claims, reversing the Trial Court's decision.

Subject

Trust Agreement and Arbitration

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Document ID

DB-SDNY-0059846

Date

2016-05-19

The Trust Agreement provides in plain unambiguous language that the trustee has the right to "settle. by compromise, arbitration or otherwise any and all claims and demands and "may release or abandon any claims in favor of this trust"

The word "claim" simply does not include disputes that have not yet arisen.

As the plain and unambiguous language of the Trust Agreement did not give the trustee the power to agree to arbitration of unknown future claims or disputes. we find and hold that the signature of the trustee on the investment/brokerage account agreement agreeing to arbitration does not bind the Minor beneficiary of the Trust to conduct arbitration of unknown future disputes or claims.

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D. MICHAEL SWINE'''. CHIEF JUDGEAlbert M. Alexander Jr.

VVunderlich Securities, Inc.Tennessee Uniform Trust CodeBlack's Law DictionaryTrial Court

Tennessee

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Legal

Purpose

To provide a legal opinion on whether a trustee's signature on an investment/brokerage account agreement binds a minor beneficiary of the trust to arbitration of unknown future disputes or claims.

Significance

The document clarifies the interpretation of a trust agreement and its implications for arbitration involving a minor beneficiary.

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EFTA01368180.txt

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