Laubner v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N. A.

              NO. 4-08-0151 Filed 11/21/08
IN THE APPELLATE COURT
OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH DISTRICT
PATRICIA A. LAUBNER and PAMELA A.
LARSON,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Trustee;
DEBORAH B. ALLEY, Trustee; and SARAH
A. MANGES, SUSAN A. MERTZ, KELSEY L.
DENNIS, COURTNEY L. LARSON, KRISTIN
A. LARSON, WILLIAM CURVIN LARSON,
LAWSON M. MERTZ, EMILY MANGES, HALEY
M. MANGES, and All Future Descendants
of WILLIAM J. ALLEY, Deceased,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from
Circuit Court of
Sangamon County
No. 07CH571
Honorable
Robert J. Eggers,
Judge Presiding.
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JUSTICE COOK delivered the opinion of the court:
On October 31, 2007, plaintiffs Patricia A. Laubner and
Pamela A. Larson filed an amended petition to remove codefendant
Deborah B. Alley as trustee and to modify the distributions being
made from the trusts. On November 30, 2007, defendants, co-trustees
Deborah B. Alley and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., filed a
motion to dismiss. Following a hearing on January 25, 2008, the
trial court granted defendants' motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs
appealed. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
William J. Alley, deceased, had four daughters: Patri-cia
A. Laubner (plaintiff), Pamela A. Larson (plaintiff), Sarah
A. Manges, and Susan A. Mertz. Patricia has one child, Kelsey L.