In re Estate of Thomson

This appeal stems from a McLean County circuit court order closing the estate of Chester Thomson, discharging his executors, and releasing their bond. In closing the estate proceedings, the trial court declined to construe the provisions of a testamentary trust established by the will. The circuit court overruled all objections to the estate accounts and reports, determining that many of those objections could be adequately addressed in a future proceeding to either construe the trust or for an accounting by the trustees. We believe that the issues raised by the appellants are better addressed before the executors are discharged. We therefore reverse the trial court judgment and remand for further proceedings. The decedent, Chester Thomson, died testate on February 3, 1977. His will and a codicil were admitted to probate on February 22, 1977. The McLean County circuit court issued letters of office to the decedent's son, Stephen M. Thomson and to W. Loren Thomson, the decedent's nephew, as executors under the will. On June 10, 1981, Loren Thomson resigned as co-executor and was replaced by the Corn Belt Bank of Bloomington.