You really should provide a cite to the actual text. Here's one to the entire section:
And guess what? I can't find your statement above. I can find bits and pieces of it that you seem to think they are required to collect the names of beneficiaries, but I don't see anything that actually requires them to do it.
The code section pertaining to exemptions from Open Records specifically states that winners names and addresses may not be withheld.
Not a problem in this case, as the Trust is a legal entity, with both a name and an address.
This Trust forfeited their claim. All your arguments are MOOT.
The trustee decided to not pursue the claim, apparently because the beneficiary did not want to risk being identified. I'm curious about why, especially for that amount of money.
However, that doesn't make my arguments moot. If the beneficiary had retained a competent lawyer, the attorney would have done exactly what I've done: demand that the Iowa Lottery cite the law that requires them to identify the beneficiary of the trust.
Instead, he simply said: "I'm not going to argue with the lottery." Unless he is following explicit instructions from the beneficiary, that's a major breach of his fiduciary duty as trustee.
It’s quite obvious to me, reading the statutes as a whole, that the Lottery is within their duties and obligations to at the very least determine the names and addresses of any trust beneficiary to comply with their duties under the statutes with regard to prohibited persons playing, and obligations regarding garnishments, liens and judgements. You are not going to convince me otherwise.
Beyond that, You raise a whole lot of “”IF”.... You can wish in one hand, and crap in the other - and in reality, you know what you’ve got.