It's not that Mark could change or contest the terms of the trust, that would be extremely difficult to do. The point was that it was written into the trust that distributions were to be flexible and generous to the point of distributing the entire principal to Mark. So, by its very terms, Mark could pretty much do whatever he wanted with the trust funds.
In other words, Mark could have had the responsibility of determining how the trust was distributed more specifically how it was spent particularly in regards to providing for the girls. Continued overspending with zero regard for the girl’s future education and wellbeing. Much the same management as he always provided. He had zero work ethic but spent beyond their means always. Free money that he needed more of always!
We shouldn't have to send them our concerns and questions. But you are right, we should have asked Beach to send them a tutorial on this case.
He reminds me of someone I worked with. We had three shifts with about 250 employees in the same building. There was this goofy married guy that would proposition most of the women there. I made a comment about how in the world does he get women to "bite". They said that I would be surprised, out of every approx 25 women he propositions he'll get two or three. (It was long ago and I'm paraphrasing here) And when you chase EVERY skirt that can add up. And he landed some pretty attractive women. Persistent apparently paid off.
Bouncing off your MS and "overspending and free money" - it's always amazed me that they were in extreme debt yet MS (Mr. House husband and office manager) had the following hired WEEKLY help: housekeeper - lawn maintenance - pool maintenance - food delivery and tutors for the girls (daily). Imagine how much less their weekly (and monthly and yearly) expenses would be if he did all that himself - but NO - Mr. Show Off had to have hired help while he didn't pay the bills on time so he could squander away 50g's to live off of after he hired someone to kill his wife. In the meantime, he doesn't answer his phone from the office, his home office is a wreck and he spends his days taking baths and playing with himself (puke). Btw - The tutor money was well spent because I can't imagine what he would teach them.
What do you think he was doing all that time? One could only watch so much *advertiser censored*! For a man who insisted he had to have the biggest house in the neighborhood yet have all the time in the world to maintain it while doing absolutely nothing joggles the mind. I still believe there were illegal prescriptions, fraud and whatever else going on. MOO
Fore CWW, sure. But why would JRR do this with zero relationship between him and MS and a promise to pay months into the future? That just doesn’t add up for me. I absolutely believe the MS/CWW connection. That’s easy to buy into. But a friend of a friend with zero connection and zero reward? Hmmm...
Exactly. He had full access to the money. As trustee, he was responsible for distributions to the beneficiaries, and he himself was the primary beneficiary. And the terms of the trust were extremely broad.
Perhaps he was practicing perfecting his narcissism? It joggles my mind too! I'm with you- I think the *advertiser censored* king also had some illegal fraud and prescription gigs going on that TS was unaware of.
