JULY 30, 2001
I am not qualified to answer this question. You would need to speak to a local attorney about this, or post your question on the website
www.lawguru.com, or even post in on this website on the message board about Trusts.
I don't think that a co-trustee would be able to have much influence on changing asset distribution, but she might have a little power to do that. Since there are other co-trustees involved, all would have to agree, and anyway, they are generally supposed to follow the specific instructions of the trust owner (your mother) which specific instructions may already be recorded. It would depend on the circumstances and how well the trust was written.