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Court Held That An Illegitimate Child Was Not A Beneficiary Of A Trust Due To The Law In Effect At The Time Of The Trust’s Creation

By David Fowler Johnson on June 17, 2026
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals

In Zeller v. Allen, William and Elizabeth Moncrief created a trust in 1966 that would distribute to Tex’s children and lineal descendants upon his death. No. 13-24-00200-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 8941 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi November 20, 2025, pet. filed). Charles Moncrief (Tex’s son) died in January 2021, and…

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