Estate of Komarr

Two issues are presented on appeal:

1. Did the trial court commit prejudicial error in admitting testimony over objections as to the competency of the witness and the hearsay rule?

2. Is the 1920 adoption proceeding void by virtue of jurisdictional defects and fraud practiced on the court?

Admission of evidence.

Kathleen Buban testified that she is the niece of Evelyn Komarr and that Evelyn’s only child, to her knowledge, is George Vargo. No parents, brothers or sisters of the deceased were living at the time of her death. Steve Vargo and herself are the only surviving children of the deceased’s…