In re Estate of Lee

Beneficiaries of a testamentary trust (3 minor children of decedent) sought to have trustee provide an accounting of the trust, to have executor pay certain sums directly to the beneficiaries, rather than to the trust, and to hold the trustee in contempt for failing to provide an accounting, and to remove the trustee. Court properly granted all requests, except court erred in holding trustee in contempt. Procedure followed in trial court did not comply with procedures required under law for contempt proceedings. Case involved indirect contempt, because alleged conduct (failure to file accounting as ordered by court) did not take place in court's presence. (LYTTON and O'BRIEN, concurring.)