The headline refers to a reported Los Angeles ruling in July 2019: Damian Hurley and Kira Bing remained beneficiaries of a trust established by their grandfather, Peter Bing. The report describes a decision about who qualified as a “grandchild” under the trust—not a completed inheritance payment. Yahoo Entertainment reported the ruling on July 19, 2019, attributing its account to the Daily Mail.
What did the 2019 report say?
According to the Yahoo Entertainment account, a trustee had sought to exclude Damian Hurley and Kira Bing from a trust set up to benefit future grandchildren. A Los Angeles judge ruled that they remained beneficiaries. The report described the ruling as having come earlier that week.
That finding concerns beneficiary eligibility. The report does not say that either received trust assets, when any distribution might occur, or what the trust’s current status is.
Why was their eligibility challenged?
The dispute centered on the trust’s use of the word “grandchild.” The trustee reportedly argued for a narrower definition because the children’s parents were not married when they were born. The judge reportedly rejected that interpretation.
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The report reproduces Judge Daniel Juarez’s statement that “There is no ambiguity in the Trusts’ use of the term ”grandchild,’” and says he described additional “restrictive” definitions as ones that “unreasonably distort the term’s clear and plain use.” These are quotations as presented in the secondary report, not language independently checked against the court order.
What the headline does—and does not—establish
- It establishes: the 2019 report said Damian and Kira remained beneficiaries after a trustee challenged their eligibility.
- It does not establish: that an inheritance was paid, the amount or timing of any distribution, or whether later proceedings changed the outcome.
- It is not a general ruling on inheritance law: the reported decision concerned the wording of this particular trust, whose full terms and the complete judicial order have not been independently reviewed here.
How to read the report’s limits
The available account is Yahoo Entertainment’s July 19, 2019 article, which attributes its reporting to the Daily Mail. The original Los Angeles ruling and trust documents were not available in that account. As a result, the ruling’s full wording, scope, and procedural history beyond the reported decision are not established by the article.
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