In Re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust (2008)
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Pamela Kay Carpenter and Jeffrey Scott Carpenter v. Robert Joseph Carpenter, David Trent Deaton, James Earl W… (2011)
App.—San Antonio 1960, no writ). [13] In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust , 261 S.W.3d 111, 120 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (quoting Black’s Law Dictionary 476 (8th ed. 2004)). [14] Id. [15] Cavanaugh v. Davis , 149 Tex. 573, 576 , 235 S.W.2d 972 , 973–74 (1951); see also Cubley v. Barbee , 123 Tex. 411, 432 , 73 S.W.2d 72, 83 (1934). [16] Jones v. Guy , 135 Tex. 398, 402 , 143 S.W.2d 906, 908 (1940). [17] In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust , 261 S.W.3d at…
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In Re the Estate of Reistino (2010)
San Antonio Area Found. v. Lang, 35 S.W.3d 636, 639 (Tex.2000); In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
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Pamela Kay Carpenter and Jeffrey Scott Carpenter v. Robert Joseph Carpenter, David Trent Deaton, James Earl W… (2011)
App.—San Antonio 1960, no writ). 13 In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 120 (Tex. App.— San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (quoting Black‘s Law Dictionary 476 (8th ed. 2004)). 14 Id. 8 No one contends that Pam and Scott were legally adopted.
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in Re the John O. Yates Trust v. . (2022)
In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied.).
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in Re the MacY Lynne Quintanilla Trust, the Paige Lee Quintanilla Trust, and the Conner Reed Quintanilla Trust (2018)
In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
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Robert Andresakis v. Benjamin Alexander Modisett, Cori Anne Modisett, HCSB, and Stephen A. Ables (2017)
In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied); see San Antonio Area Found. v. Lang, 35 S.W.3d 636 (Tex. 2000) (construction of will).
construction of will
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in the Estate of Gloria Ann Reistino (2010)
San Antonio Area Found. v. Lang , 35 S.W.3d 636, 639 (Tex. 2000); In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust , 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 20 08, pet. denied).
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Ryann Zeller v. Gary Allen, Tom Oil Moncrief, and Gloria Moncrief Holmsten as Trustees of the 1966 Trust of W… (2025)
See Nail v. Thompson, 806 S.W.2d 599, 600 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1991, no writ) (stating that to determine who should take under a testamentary trust, a court looks to the state of the law at the time the settlor died in conjunction with the language of the trust instrument); In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Tr., 261 S.W.3d 111, 118 (Tex. App.— San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (“[I]n interpreting the trust, we look to the law as it existed at the time the trust was executed.”); …
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Samuel A. Newton A/K/A Samuel E. Ashley and Kai Lynn O'Neal v. Joe D. Newton, II 2003 Trust (2023)
In re Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied); San Antonio Area Found[.] v. Lang, 35 S.W.3d 636, 639 (Tex. 2000).
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Estate of Francisco Rodriguez (2018)
Construction of Wills and Trusts “The same rules of construction apply to both wills and trusts.” In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied); see also San Antonio Area Found. v. Lang, 35 S.W.3d 636, 639 (Tex. 2000) (construction of will).
construction of will
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Marie Ann Hurd v. Leonard Hurd, Jr., Individually and as Trustee of the Marie Ann Hurd Trust (2016)
TT 96-97. 64 TT 125. 65 Ex. 15. 66 Ex. 16. 67 Id. 68 See In re Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App. 2008).
In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.–San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
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in the Estate of James M. Luthen (2014)
Soefê, 270 S.W.3d at 628 (applying San Antonio Area Found. v. Lang, 35 S.W.3d 636, 639 (Tex. 2000)); see Eckels, 111 S.W.3d at 694 ; Hurley,98 S.W.3d at 310. "lf, on the other hand, the meaning of the instrument is uncertain or reasonably susceptible to more than one meaning, the instrument is ambiguous." In re Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 2008, pet. denied); Eckels, 111 S.W.3d at 694 (internal quote omitted). ïhe determination of w…
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Leticia R. Benavides v. Shirley Hale Mathis, as Temporary Guardian of the Estate of Carlos Y. Benavides, Jr.,… (2014)
Id. at 807-08; see also Mitchell v. Mitchell, 157 Tex. 346 , 303 S.W.2d 352, 353-54 (1957); In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
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Benavides v. Mathis (2014)
Id. at 807-08; see also Mitchell v. Mitchell, 157 Tex. 346 , 303 S.W.2d 352, 353-54 (1957); In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
In construing the Will, we apply the same rules of construction used for trusts, In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
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Kelly Ann O'Shea Duncan v. Rita M. O'Shea, Individually and as Trustee of the Marital Deduction Trust, the Di… (2012)
If, on the other hand, the meaning of the instrument is uncertain or “reasonably susceptible to more than one meaning,” the instrument is ambiguous; In re Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex.App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (quoting Eckels, 111 S.W.3d at 694 )), and evidence of the grantor’s situation, the surrounding circumstances and like indicia which enable the court to place itself in the testator’s shoes at the time the document was executed may be…
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Kelly Ann O'Shea Duncan v. Rita M. O'Shea, Individually and as Trustee of the Marital Deduction Trust, the Di… (2012)
If, on the other hand, the meaning of the instrument is uncertain or "reasonably susceptible to more than one meaning," the instrument is ambiguous; In re Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex.App. -- San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (quoting Eckels, 111 S.W.3d at 694 )), and evidence of the grantor's situation, the surrounding circumstances and like indicia which enable the court to place itself in the testator's shoes at the time the document was executed may…
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Humphries v. Humphries (2011)
In re Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 116 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
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Orix Capital Markets, LLC v. La Villita Motor Inns (2010)
Barshop v. Medina County Underground Water Conservation Dist., 925 S.W.2d 618, 637 (Tex.1996); In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 126 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2008, pet. denied); City of Grey Forest v. Vernon, 254 S.W.3d 548, 554 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 2008, pet. denied).
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ORIX Capital Markets, LLC, Bank of America, N.A., LNR Partners, Inc., Capmark Finance, Inc., Nicholas M. Pyka… (2010)
Barshop v. Medina County Underground Water Conservation Dist., 925 S.W.2d 618, 637 (Tex. 1996); In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 126 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied); City of Grey Forest v. Vernon, 254 S.W.3d 548, 554 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2008, pet. denied).
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Sondra L. Grohman - Kahlig v. Clarence J. Kahlig, II (2008)
Although we agree that an award of attorney’s fees in a declaratory judgment action is not limited to a prevailing party, see In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 126-27 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied), we cannot predict whether the trial court would have exercised its discretion in awarding attorney’s fees in the same manner had it ruled differently on the merits of the declaratory relief claim.
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Carol Ochse and William W. Ochse, III, Individually and as Trustee of the William W. Ochse III Family 2008 Tr… (2020)
See In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 116 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied).
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In Re Estate of Johnson (2011)
See generally In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 127 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (“The Trustees have cited no authority for the proposition that it is unequitable and unjust to award attorney’s fees to parties who have had their fees paid up front by another party, subject to reimbursement.”).
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Edward A. Copley, as Independent of the Estate of Belton Kleberg Johnson v. Sarah Johnson Pitt (2011)
See generally In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 127 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (“The Trustees have cited no authority for the proposition that it is unequitable and unjust to award attorney’s fees to parties who have had their fees paid up front by another party, subject to reimbursement.”).
See generally In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (when construing a trust document and seeking to ascertain its purposes, the court should be guided by the document itself).
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Maribel F. Gutierrez, Nicole D. Gutierrez, Ashley Marie Gutierrez, Omar Hector Gutierrez, Jr. as Representati… (2022)
See In re Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (citing Eckels v. Davis, 111 S.W.3d 687, 694 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2003, pet. denied)).
Compare In re Ellison Grandchildren Trust, 261 S.W.3d 111, 117 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. denied) (construction of trust), and San Antonio Area Found v. Lang, 35 S.W.3d 636, 639 (Tex. 2000) (construction of will).
construction of will
Even assuming that intent could be a relevant consideration in this context and that the communication at issue reveals an intent by Ives to agree to the adoption in order to facilitate the transfer of money from the trust to himself and then perhaps to Stephen, that information could not establish a prima facie case for fraud because the “adult adoption provisions appear to exist largely, if not entirely, for the purpose of creating heirship in non-family members for inheri…