Is this trustee appointment legal?

[3ismylot]

Hi all wondering if anyone can help?

My Husband has received paperwork with regards to another trustee retiring and asking for him to sign and agree. However, this is the first time he has even heard that he himself is a trustee! The trust has been going for at least 19 years and this is seriously the first he has known about it.
Should he have been informed at the time and been given paperwork to read and sign?
Can he dispute this? They say if he doesn't want to do it he must retire as a trustee but surely he shouldn't be one in the first place?

TIA

[HonestLawyer]

Makes no sense. You can't become a trustee without knowing about it. He would have had to sign a trust deed at some point. What kind of trust is it?

[Collaborate]

Only the settlor signs the trust deed (often trusts are created in wills), but the trustee has to agree to the appointment.

He should ask the other trustees what evidence they have that he ever accepted the appointment.