In Re Estate of Roller

On November 1, 2006, and November 20, 2006, the trial court entered written orders granting motions for summary judgment filed by respondents, Leoma Allison (Leoma) and Ruth Ann Davis (Ruth Ann), which sought to exclude Ronald E. Roller (Ronald) from the Andrew Roller Trust (Trust) by virtue of the fact that he was an adopted child. The order declared that Ronald was not entitled to receive any proceeds from the Trust, either income or principal, because the terms of the Trust demonstrated clear and convincing evidence that Andrew, the settlor, intended to exclude adopted children. Ronald…