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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Stephen Sustrick v. Stephenson National Bank & Trust

Case No.: 2015AP2065

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ

Focus: Due Process

Stephen Sustrick, pro se, appeals an order disposing of a petition for court intervention filed by the corporate trustee of a family trust. This order was entered following an evidentiary hearing that Stephen did not attend. Shortly before the hearing, Stephen filed two motions, both of which the court denied as being untimely. Sustrick also had previously requested to appear at the hearing by telephone. The court denied the request to appear by telephone as being unworkable, given the large number of parties interested in the trust and the petition. Stephen contends the circuit court violated his due process rights by ruling on the petition without his participation at the evidentiary hearing and by refusing to hear his motions. Stephen also argues the circuit court improperly ignored his factual allegations such that the court’s factual findings are clearly erroneous. We affirm.

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