Donkin

DISCUSSION

Appellants challenge the order approving the third account current on the following bases: (1) The order is void for lack of proper notice; (2) The court proceeded with the evidentiary hearing while appeals from related orders of the probate court were pending; (3) The court violated appellants’ due process rights by declining to hear their request for reinstatement as trustees before approving the third account current; (4) The court abused its discretion in denying their request for a discovery continuance and conducting the hearing without a court reporter; and (5) The court reversibly erred in overruling appellants’ objections.

3 We disagree that the court reversibly erred in any of these ways, each of which we address in turn below.

A. Notice Appellants argue the interim trustee failed to give April and Laura Kim, grandchildren of the trustors and contingent beneficiaries of the trust, proper notice of the third account current. Appellants contend the order approving it is therefore void. In Donkin 2024, supra, B323043, we held that, given the terms of the trust, contingent beneficiaries like April and Laura Kim are not entitled to notice of all actions in…