Miller v. Walker

Hines, Justice.

This case involves the question of whether certain minor children remain beneficiaries of a trust created by their natural grandfather despite the children’s adoptions by unrelated persons. We affirm the lower court’s determination that the adopted children no longer hold interests in the trust.

In 1988, Beutell created a trust for the benefit of his daughter, N. J., and her descendants. Beutell died later that year, and the trust was funded with a $300,dOO bequest from his will. At the times of creation of the trust and Beutell’s death, N. J. was alive and had four living…