Succession of Mims

SCHOTT, Judge.

This is an appeal by the testamentary executrix of the Succession of Dr. Thomas H. Mims dismissing her petition to annul the act of adoption by decedent of Edgar H. Mims. The issue is whether the adoption of a person over 17 years of age by notarial act in 1943, pursuant to Act 169 of 1940, now LSA-R.S. 9:461, is valid even though the act was not registered in the Conveyance records until January 17, 1975, after the death of decedent.

Edgar H. Mims was born of the marriage between Olivia Price and Edgar Brisco on December 13, 1925. The parents were divorced in 1932 and custody…