Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust , 2016 ND 217 ( 2016 )


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  • Filed 11/21/16 by Clerk of Supreme Court

    IN THE SUPREME COURT

    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

      

      

      

    2016 ND 217

      

      

      

    In the Matter of the Emelia Hirsch, June 9, 1994, Irrevocable Trust

      

      

    Timothy Betz, Respondent and Appellant

      

    v.

      

    Emelia A. Hirsch, aka

    Emelia Hirsch, aka Emilia

    Hirsch, Petitioner

      

    and

      

    Carolyn Twite and Duane Hirsch, Petitioners and Appellees

      

      

      

    No. 20160189

      

      

      

    Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Gail Hagerty, Judge.

      

    AFFIRMED.

      

    Per Curiam.

      

    Sheldon A. Smith and David J. Smith, P.O. Box 460, Bismarck, ND 58502-0460, for petitioners and appellees; on brief.

      

    Timothy  Betz, self-represented, 5118 Hayden Ln., Fayetteville, NC 28304, respondent and appellant; on brief.

    Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust

    No. 200160189

      

    Per Curiam.

    [¶1] Timothy Betz appealed from a district court order denying a motion to vacate an earlier order which reformed a trust.  Because Betz raises the same issues on appeal as in a previously controlling decision from this Court, we affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(1) and (7).   See In re Emelia Hirsch, June 9, 1994, Irrevocable Trust , 2009 ND 135, 770 N.W.2d 225.  We further order Timothy Betz to pay attorney’s fees of $1,000 plus double costs under N.D.R.App.P. 38.  On this record, we decline to bar Timothy Betz from filing further motions concerning this trust without prior approval of a presiding district court judge when the trustees have not yet asked the district court to do so.

    [¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

    Lisa Fair McEvers

    Carol Ronning Kapsner

    Daniel J. Crothers

    Thomas E. Merrick, D.J.

      

    [¶3] The Honorable Thomas Merrick, D.J., sitting in place of Sandstrom, J., disqualified.