Chapter 21 - GEORGE RESIGNS
Mountain West requested Dad resign as family trustee.
He resisted.
“I made mistakes.”
Martin answered:
“A trustee cannot treat one beneficiary’s consent as predictable administrative inconvenience.”
Dad looked crushed.
He had spent forty years believing he was the responsible one.
Engineer.
Planner.
Budgeter.
His misconduct came from that identity.
He believed he understood what everyone could withstand.
He resigned.
No criminal charge for every bad approval.
Investigators focused on whether he knowingly participated in forged documents.
The standing authorization became the hardest issue.
He admitted:
He knew I had not personally confirmed.
He relied on Diane.
He signed anyway.
Civil breach of fiduciary duty.
Potential fraud exposure.
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Ultimately resolved through settlement and trust-court orders rather than a dramatic prison case.
Precision.
