Q: I had a trust fund that was spent by my guardian before I was 18. Why did this happen?
No court gave her permission. Is the bank at faullt for releasing the funds.
A: You must examine the trust documents, and how the money was spent. If the trust says funds can be spent on your education, for instance, and it was used to pay tuition, buy clothes and books, etc., then the money was properly spent. But in the end, you may have to sue. Our office just concluded a case like yours, where a young lady sued her family for failing to distribute money from a trust. She got her money, although it took several months in court.
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