Betz v. Hirsch (In re Hirsch)

• Decision Date: 21 May 2013
• Docket Number: No. 20120371.,20120371.
• Citation: 832 N.W.2d 334,2013 ND 63
• Parties: 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, Carolyn Twite, and Duane Hirsch, Petitioner and Appellees.
• Court: North Dakota Supreme Court

832 N.W.2d 334

2013 ND 63

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, Carolyn Twite, and Duane Hirsch, Petitioner and Appellees.

No. 20120371.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

April 11, 2013.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 2013.

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

Timothy Betz, self-represented, Fayetteville, N.C., respondent and appellant.

Sheldon A. Smith, Bismarck, N.D., for petitioner and appellees.

PER CURIAM.

[¶ 1] Timothy Betz appealed from a district court order denying a motion to vacate an earlier order which had reformed a trust. See In re Emelia Hirsch, June 9, 1994, Irrevocable Trust, 2009 ND 135, 770 N.W.2d 225. We affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(1) and (4). We further order Timothy Betz to pay attorney fees in the amount of $1,000 plus double costs under N.D.R.App.P. 38.

[¶ 2]GERALD W. VANDE WALLE, C.J., MARY MUEHLEN MARING, DANIEL J. CROTHERS, CAROL RONNING KAPSNER, JJ., and JOHN C. McCLINTOCK, D.J ., concur.

[¶ 3]The Honorable JOHN C. McCLINTOCK, D.J., sitting in place of SANDSTROM, J., disqualified.