§ 30-4-2.1-2 — Adopted children

Indiana § 30-4-2.1-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 4: TRUST CODE
• Ch. 2.1: Rules for Interpretation of Trusts

Text

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in
construing a trust naming as beneficiary a person described by
relationship to the settlor or to another, a person adopted before:
(1) the person is twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(2) the death of the settlor;
shall be considered the child of the adopting parent or parents and not
the child of the natural or previous adopting parents.
(b) If a natural parent or previous adopting parent marries the
adopting parent before the settlor's death, the adopted person shall also
be considered the child of the natural or previous adopting parent.
(c) A person adopted by the settlor after the person becomes
twenty-one (21) years of age shall be considered the child of the settlor.
However, no other person is entitled to establish the relationship to the
settlor through the child.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.4-2003, SEC.7.