From: Noam Chomsky To: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation®gmail.com>, Valeria Chomsky • Subject: Fwd: Marital Trust Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 06:01:12 +0000 The latest. Question of fact: is there any legal barrier to distributing the assets and dissolving the trust? Forwarded message From: Harry Chomsky <[email protected]> Date: Tue, May 22, 2018 at 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Marital Trust To: Noam Chomsky I'd like to put together a proposal that I think would address some of your needs and ease our communications. The proposal would give you some additional access to the trust assets. It would also include appointing a new independent trustee to replace Max. However, it would not terminate the trust, and I would remain as one trustee. Are you interested in seeing such a proposal? If you feel that it would be a good use of everyone's time, I will work with my lawyer Jillian to write up an outline of what I have in mind. We will send the outline to you and Rich, unless you would prefer we send it only to you. You may want to consult a lawyer to learn more about why we can't just terminate the trust and split the assets as you suggested. If your lawyer disagrees with Jillian and feels that such a split would be viable, Jillian would be happy to discuss it with your lawyer. On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 12:30 PM, Noam Chomsky < > wrote: Sony, I made the same error as before. I'm finding it hard to shake the illusion that we are discussing things within a family, and are not characters in Bleak House. I'll try to remember. Below. On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Harry Chomsky MIIIMMIN. wrote: It sounds like you would like me to say yes or no to your proposal exactly as you have stated it, without further discussion. I can't do that. Here are some reasons: 1. It's not permitted under Massachusetts trust law. Can you -- or perhaps your lawyer — refer me to the part of Mass Trust Law that makes it illegal for beneficiaries to agree on distributing funds from a mar