Thank you for your e-mails. I went to bed about midnight and started to worry
about your responsibilities as Marion's trustee and potentially as her 
"personal" representative in the future settlement of her estate, asking
myself whether my advice about formal, written acceptance of the trusteeship
was correct. I think you should do whatever makes Marion comfortable. 
Accepting the trusteeship commits you to nothing. If it turns out to be
too burdensome, you can exercise your unconditional right to resign at
a time when Marion's feelings can no longer be hurt.

I have two pressing concerns:

1) The 1/2 undivided tenancy-in-common interest in the Dane County Wisconsin
farm concerning which the Trust states: "I have arranged with an attorney
in Wisconsin to prepare a TOD (??transfer on death??) deed for me naming
Felicia Ananda Lawrence Macindoe as grantee of that property if she survives
me." I ask: Has this deed been signed by Marion and notarized, and is
to be recorded at her death? Or is this deed to be signed, notarized and
recorded by her "personal representative" (executor) - or by her Trustee
after her death? Will the Wisconsin authorities required that the Will
be probated and/or the Trust recorded in Wisconsin? It would help to have the
name, address, telephone and e-mail of the Wisconsin lawyer who prepared TOD
deed as well as the address of Felicia Ananda Lawrence Macindoe when one
begins to address these issues.

2) Exhibit A on page 11 of the Trust purports to be a "receipt" by 
Marion as trustee, of property held in Sunrise Bank, Affinity Credit Union
and Woodbury Financial Services. Did Marion notify these financial 
institutions of the change in ownership? Did they set up new accounts
for Marion as Trustee? My considerable experience suggests that because 
they are still holding the funds in Marion's name personally, the 
financial institutions will ignore the terms of the trust and deny you, 
as "successor trustee", access to the funds with which as trustee
you are in fact obligated to pay her bills. I urge you not to pay these
bills with your own money. You may never get it back. It is probably
too late now to ask Marion to change these arrangements.

It's also too late for me to try to get back to sleep.

I hope your day is not too difficult.