A sole proprietor of a business passed away. Two employees named as trustee in a trust. One trustee as executor and the rest of employees as beneficiaries. Trustees are acting like owners of the business and a whole lot of secrecy and suspicion. Atmosphere is not healthy.
If the trust instrument says that the trustees are to operate the business, they are. If the employees are beneficiaries of the trust, they are entitled to certain information based on state law.
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