Case Name: Alfred S. BARNHART, III, J. Scott Barnhart, Jerome C. Barnhart, and Jennifer Barnhart Thompson, Appellants, v. Betty P. Barnhart HOVDE, individually and as Trustee of the 1978 Barnhart Trust Agreement, Maxwell C. Boales and 6. Larry Sims, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-05-22
Citations: 490 So. 2d 1271
Docket Number: No. 85-326
Parties: Alfred S. BARNHART, III, J. Scott Barnhart, Jerome C. Barnhart, and Jennifer Barnhart Thompson, Appellants, v. Betty P. Barnhart HOVDE, individually and as Trustee of the 1978 Barnhart Trust Agreement, Maxwell C. Boales and 6. Larry Sims, Appellees.
Judges: COWART, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 490
Pages: 1271–1273

Head Matter:
Alfred S. BARNHART, III, J. Scott Barnhart, Jerome C. Barnhart, and Jennifer Barnhart Thompson, Appellants, v. Betty P. Barnhart HOVDE, individually and as Trustee of the 1978 Barnhart Trust Agreement, Maxwell C. Boales and 6. Larry Sims, Appellees.
No. 85-326.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 22, 1986.
Rehearing Denied July 15, 1986.
Isham W. Adams and Garrett L. Briggs of Adams & Briggs, Daytona Beach, for appellants.
Henry P. Duffett of Duffett, Seps & Akers, Daytona Beach, for appellee Betty P. Barnhart Hovde.
G. Larry Sims of Black, Grotty, Sims, Hubka, Burnett & Samuels, Daytona Beach, for appellees Maxwell C. Boales and G. Larry Sims.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment in a declaratory relief action. In a trust established by agreement pursuant to a marriage dissolution settlement, appellee Hovde was named the trustee for the beneficiaries, who are her stepchildren. They are also the children of the trustor, and appellants here. The beneficiaries appeal from the judgment which established court approval of the sale of the only asset of the trust, an apartment complex. The purported approval was done after the sale had been consummated. The trustee breached her duties by violating the terms of the trust and section 737.403(2), Florida Statutes (1983), which requires court approval before a sale of the trust asset. Appellee was a trustee who had interests which definitely conflicted with those of her beneficiaries and the sale of the asset resulted in a benefit to her and a detriment to the appellants. The court erred in approving the misconduct of the trustee so we reverse the judgment and remand this matter for further proceedings consistent herewith.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
COWART, J., concurs.
SHARP, J., dissents with opinion.