Indiana Code 30-4-2.1-2. Adopted children
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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:
(2) the death of the settlor;
(1) the person is twenty-one (21) years of age; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 30-4-2.1-2
- 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
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.