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Terms Used In Indiana Code 30-4-1-12

  • Child: includes an adopted child or a child that is in gestation before the death of a deceased parent and born within forty-three (43) weeks after the death of that parent. See Indiana Code 30-4-1-2
  • Person: has the meaning set forth in IC 30-2-14-9. See Indiana Code 30-4-1-2
  • Settlor: means a person who establishes a trust including the testator of a will under which a trust is created. See Indiana Code 30-4-1-2
   Sec. 12. In construing a trust making a distribution to a person described by relationship to the settlor or to another person, a person born out of wedlock shall be considered the child of the person’s mother. If the right of a person born out of wedlock to inherit from the person’s father is established under IC 29-1-2-7, the person shall also be considered a child of the person’s father.

As added by P.L.252-2001, SEC.34.