LEGAL EAGLE | Can adopted children benefit from a family trust?

“Sometime before his death, my father established a family trust which contained properties that were rented out to generate income for my mother. In accordance with the trust deed however, once my mother dies, the income from the properties would go to the children of my mother and father. I have an adopted brother and two biological sisters. There is now a debate as to whether my adopted brother also qualifies to benefit from the family trust. What is the legal position?”..

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