A decision by the Maine Supreme Court last week, in an inheritance dispute of considerable value involving a very large trust set up by one of the founders of IBM for the benefit of his descendants, the Court ruled that an adult adoption of a same-sex partner was legitimate. The issue largely centered on whether the adoptee-partner was “a descendant” and part of the trust beneficiary class who could gain a share of the substantial trust. According to the Court, she is.
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