Opinion ID: 1847774
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 21

Heading: court's order regarding charles' misappropriations while trustee requires remand for further proceedings

Text: The court found that Dolores had proved constructive fraud for the transactions that are set out in its order. These transactions occurred both while Charles was Leona's attorney in fact and while he was the trustee of her trust. The court found that Dolores had proved that Charles, using a power of attorney, made gifts to himself or made payments to others for his benefit. It further found that Charles had not shown by clear and convincing evidence that the power of attorney or Leona authorized the listed check transactions. The court then determined that any checks before Leona's date of death, on April 4, 2005, were written by Charles as attorney in fact and that any checks after her date of death were written by Charles as trustee. It ordered Charles to pay the estate for the listed transactions occurring after April 4. This amount was $18,138.57. It also ordered him to return to the estate a truck he had purchased with trust assets after this date.