Adopted children
Sec. 2. (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.
As added by P.L.4-2003, SEC.7.
Last modified: May 27, 2006