Griffin

consolidated appeals arise out of a dispute concerning the trust of Armand Borel. The trust states that, upon BoreT s death, a parcel of the trust’s real property is to be distributed to the East Bay Regional Park District (the District) for the purposes of establishing an agricultural park. A portion of that same property is also the subject of an option agreement between Borel and Sidney Corrie, Jr.

After Borel’s death, Corrie filed a petition for an order instructing the trustee to convey a portion of the property to him pursuant to the option agreement. The District opposed that petition, and also filed a competing petition pursuant to Probate Code section 17200. The District’s section 17200 petition sought an order authorizing the trustee to distribute the property to the District and to receive an $800,000 loan on behalf of the trust. The probate court granted the District’s petition, and Corrie appealed. The District subsequently petitioned the probate court pursuant to section 1310, subdivision (b) to authorize the immediate distribution of the land and acceptance of the loan notwithstanding the pending appeal. The order granting that motion is also on appeal.…