In re the Intermediate Accounting of Prince

In this intermediate accounting by the trustees of an inter vivos trust the court is asked to *648construe the trust indenture and determine, preliminarily, whether Lisa Barbarita, an adopted child of the settlor, is entitled to share as one of the income beneficiaries and remaindermen.

The indenture employs the word “issue” to identify the class of persons who are to receive the income of the trust fund and employs the words ‘ ‘ children of the settlor ’ ’ to identify the class of persons who are to share in the division of the corpus. The infant, Lisa Barbarita, was adopted by the settlor…