“It’s boilerplate, but I want it read into the record.”

He uncapped the gold pen.

Then he pulled a yellow highlighter out of the same drawer and dragged it across the paragraph, corner to corner, twice.

“This document replaces the July draft, which had different distribution language.” He glanced up.

“If a court finds the beneficiary legally incapacitated, control of the trust passes to the executor, and the trustee fee on the full trust becomes due.”

He read the fee paragraph quickly, fifteen percent, as though it were a warranty on a refrigerator.