Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust , 2020 ND 129 ( 2020 )


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  •                  Filed 6/8/20 by Clerk of Supreme Court
    IN THE SUPREME COURT
    STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
    
    2020 ND 129
    In the Matter of the Emelia Hirsch, June 9, 1994, Irrevocable Trust
    Timothy Betz,                                       Respondent and Appellee
    v.
    Emelia A. Hirsch, aka Emelia Hirsch, aka
    Emilia Hirsch, Carolyn Twite and Duane Hirsch,     Petitioners and Appellees
    and
    Marlene Betz,                                 Interested Party and Appellant
    No. 20200047
    Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial
    District, the Honorable Gail Hagerty, Judge.
    AFFIRMED.
    Per Curiam.
    Timothy R. Betz, self-represented, Fayetteville, NC, respondent and appellee;
    submitted on brief.
    Sheldon A. Smith, Bismarck, ND, for petitioners and appellees; submitted on
    brief.
    Marlene M. Betz, self-represented, Burnsville, MN, interested party and
    appellant; submitted on brief.
    Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust
    No. 20200047
    Per Curiam.
    [¶1] Marlene Betz appealed from a district court order denying her motion
    for relief from a prior order that reformed a trust. She also appealed from a
    district court pre-filing order prohibiting her from filing any new litigation or
    documents in existing litigation without first obtaining leave of court pursuant
    to N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 58.
    [¶2] We affirmed the reformation order Betz seeks relief from in Matter of
    Emelia Hirsch Trust, 
    2009 ND 135
    , 
    770 N.W.2d 225
    . Several other attempts
    to have the reformation order revisited have been unsuccessful. See Matter of
    Emelia Hirsch Trust, 
    2019 ND 264
    , 
    935 N.W.2d 255
    ; Matter of Emelia Hirsch
    Trust, 
    2017 ND 291
    , 
    904 N.W.2d 740
    ; Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust, 
    2016 ND 217
    , 
    888 N.W.2d 205
    ; Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust, 
    2014 ND 135
    , 
    848 N.W.2d 719
    ; Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust, 
    2013 ND 63
    , 
    832 N.W.2d 334
    .
    [¶3] We affirm the order denying Betz’s motion for relief under N.D.R.App.P.
    35.1(a)(1). We award double costs pursuant to N.D.R.App.P. 38.
    [¶4] We affirm the N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 58 order under N.D.R.App.P.
    35.1(a)(4).
    [¶5] Gerald W. VandeWalle
    Jerod E. Tufte
    Lisa Fair McEvers
    Daniel J. Crothers, Acting C.J.
    Steven L. Marquart, D.J.
    [¶6] The Honorable Steven L. Marquart, D.J., sitting in place of Jensen, C.J.,
    disqualified.
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