Legal Opinion
In Re the Will of Hodges
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 1, 1945PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
In Hopkins v. Hopkins (202 App. Div. 606, 236 N. Y. 545) and Matter of Hall (234 App. Div. 151, 259 N. Y. 637) it was held that no statute of this State entitled an adopted child to inherit from the next of kin of its foster parents. There has been no statutory change in the law as there declared. Any extension thereof must be made by the Legislature.
The order should be affirmed, without costs.
Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Lewis, Conway, Desmond, Thacher and Dye, JJ., concur.
Order affirmed.
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hopkins v. . HopkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Hopkins v. HopkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- In re Probate of Heirship in Administration of the Estate of HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
- In Re the Estate of HallNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
3Cited by16 opinions
- In re the Construction of the Will of CharlesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
- Carpenter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- In re the Accounting of Bank of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1956
- In re the Accounting of FodorNew York Surrogate's Court · 1952
- In re the Accounting of Marine Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1946
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