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IN THE MATTER OF TRUST OF NELSON

Docket No. A-4004-15T1.

184 A.3d 526 (2018)

454 N.J. Super. 151

In the MATTER OF the TRUST OF Violet NELSON, Deceased.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 28, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC, West Orange, attorneys for appellants/cross-respondents Jacob Nelson and Ayelet Nelson , Ariel Nelson and Alexandra Nelson-Tal ( A. Ross Pearlson , Daniel D. Barnes and Brigitte M. Gladis , on the briefs).

Lorraine Teleky-Petrella , Hackensack, attorney for respondent/cross-appellant Jared M. Lina.

Before Judges Sabatino, Ostrer and Whipple.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a trial court may look beyond the apparently plain language of a trust that benefitted the settlor's "grandchildren," to determine whether the settlor intended to benefit only some of her grandchildren. We conclude a court may. As the trial...

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