Lavado v. DeLoreto

Opinion

GILBERT, P. J.

The beneficiary of his father’s testamentary trust adopts two adult children. They claim to be members of the class of grandchildren who are trust beneficiaries. Probate Code1 section 21115, subdivision (b) states a rule of construction excluding such adopted adults from the class of the testator’s grandchildren. The trial court, relying on section 21115, grants summary judgment in favor of the trust and its beneficiaries2 and against the *1051adult adoptees. We affirm because section 21115, subdivision (b) applies even though it was enacted after the testator’s death.

FACTS

Emil…