Succession of Marquette

McBRIDE, Judge.

We are confronted with the question whether an act of adoption of a major by a major (LSA-R.S. 9:461, as amended by Act No. 514 of 1952) not registered with the Clerk of Court of the parish in which the act was executed, in accordance with the literal terms of paragraph (2) of the above statute, until after the death of the adopter is valid.

Mrs. Claudia Irene Marquette, widow of Steve D’Asaro, died intestate in New Orleans, December 10, 1963, and her succession proceedings were commenced in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; decedent’s sister, Mrs. Lena…