Legal Opinion
Estate of Wilson
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 21, 1980No. 48009PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] OPINION
Following the intestate death of Helen Alma Wilson, respondent Keith C. Wilson (hereafter Keith) under the doctrine of "equitable adoption" was judicially declared entitled to succeed to her estate. A sister of decedent and a sister of her predeceased husband, who, among others, would otherwise have been entitled to inherit, have appealed from the judgment.(1a) The principal issues of the appeal may be stated as: (1) Is the doctrine of equitable adoption…
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