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Succession of Donellan

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 12, 1975No. 6692PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEER, Judge.

At issue in this appeal is the single question: Was plaintiff-appellee, Marian Inez Donellan (now wife of Sidney A. Gauth-reaux) adopted by decedent Joseph Patrick Donellan ?

This matter was previously before us in a status that precluded our ruling on this important point. Now an evidentiary hearing has taken place and the trial court has decreed that Mrs. Gauthreaux is the adopted daughter of Joseph Patrick Donellan and Mary A. Bouxe, first wife of. Joseph Patrick Donellan, pursuant to an Act of Adoption dated December 6, 1921, executed before William H. Byrnes, Jr., Notary…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Succession of PizzilloSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  2. Lyons v. GoodmanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
  3. Successions of HiltonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bradford v. ThomasLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  2. In Interest of VoylesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
  3. Szmyd v. WingateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977

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