Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if, at the time of the making of the trust, the settlor:
(1) believes a child of the settlor to be dead; and
(2) fails to provide for the child in the settlor's trust;
the child is entitled to receive a share in the trust assets. The child's share of the trust assets shall be determined by ascertaining what the child's intestate share would have been under IC 29-1-2-1 if the settlor had died intestate. The child is entitled to receive a share of the trust assets equivalent in value to the intestacy share determined under IC 29-1-2-1.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a child of the settlor if it appears from the trust or from other evidence that the settlor would not have devised anything to the child had the settlor known that the child was alive.
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