Chapter 19 - LILY’S TRUST
Lily’s activated trust interest did not make her rich at five.
Income was mostly retained.
A modest annual distribution could support:
Education.
Health.
Approved enrichment.
No luxury spending automatically.
The independent trustee controlled votes.
Neither Mark nor I could pledge the assets.
Neither could Jessica.
At sixteen, Lily would begin formal education.
At twenty-five, staged control increased.
No surprise empire.
No magical birthday fortune.
I liked that.
The trust also amended procedures after Margaret’s fraud.
Future descendant status would rely on legal parentage documentation.
No family member could demand private DNA without independent cause.
No minor’s genetic data could be circulated through family governance.
No administrator who benefited from exclusion could control the review.
Boring reforms.
Essential.
The accredited DNA report eventually went into sealed court storage.
May you like
We kept no framed copy.
Paternity did not deserve a trophy.
