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.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 30. Trusts and Fiduciaries
Chapter 2.1. Rules for Interpretation of Trusts
30-4-2.1-3. No Contest Provision Enforceable; Exceptions
30-4-2.1-4. Children Born After Trust's Creation
30-4-2.1-5. Mistaken Belief That Settlor's Child Deceased
30-4-2.1-6. Void, Revoked, or Lapsed Devise
30-4-2.1-7. Beneficiary Predeceases Settlor
30-4-2.1-8. Kindred of the Half Blood
30-4-2.1-9. Applicability of Adultery and Abandonment Forfeiture Provisions
30-4-2.1-11. Written Statement or List Disposing of Tangible Personal Property
30-4-2.1-11.1. Trust Referencing Writing; Effect to Be Given to Writing
30-4-2.1-12. Order of Abatement; Other Rules Governing Abatement
30-4-2.1-14. Rules of Interpretation Concerning Discretionary Interests
30-4-2.1-14.5. "Discretionary Interest"; Rules of Construction
30-4-2.1-15. Rules of Interpretation Concerning a Beneficiary's Influence Over a Trust
30-4-2.1-16. Rules of Interpretation Concerning a Trustee's Independence From the Settlor