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          amounts claimed under section 2053.1  We hold that it is to the              
          extent stated herein.                                                        
                                   FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.                
               At the time the petition was filed, P. Walker Grant, Jr.                
          (Mr. Grant), the son of decedent and a personal representative of            
          the estate, resided in Shelburne, Vermont.2                                  
               On October 1, 1991, Ms. Grant, who was residing and domi-               
          ciled in Montgomery County, Maryland, executed a declaration of              
          trust (declaration of trust) under which she placed most of her              
          real and personal property into a revocable trust known as the               
          “CONSTANCE R. GRANT REVOCABLE TRUST” (Trust).  The declaration of            
          trust provided in pertinent part:                                            
                    2.  Trust Estate.  I hereby transfer, assign,                      
               convey and quit claim unto myself, as Trustee, and unto                 
               my successors in trust all of the property enumerated                   
               in Schedule A hereto attached, to have and to hold such                 
               property, and any other property which may be added to                  
               the Trust Estate pursuant to the provisions hereof, all                 
               of which property is hereinafter collectively referred                  
               to as the “Trust Estate”.                                               



               1Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to              
          the Internal Revenue Code in effect on the date of the death of              
          Constance R. Grant (decedent or Ms. Grant).  All Rule references             
          are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.                        
               2Kathryn Lynn Grant Adams (Ms. Adams), the only other child             
          of decedent, also served as a personal representative of the                 
          estate.  The record does not disclose where Ms. Adams resided at             
          the time the petition was filed in this case.                                





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