Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Etheridge
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 10, 1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bernard M. Bloom, S.
This is a proceeding to revoke letters of administration.
*234This decision should remove any uncertainty as to the right to intestate distribution from one’s natural family members after adoption.
The decedent, Kenneth L. Etheridge, died intestate on June 11, 1984. A petition for appointment as administrator was presented by a nephew, Herbert Etheridge, who listed himself and 12 other nephews and nieces as the distributees. At a kinship hearing conducted before a law assistant-Referee, there was oral testimony that within his marriage to Marie Etheridge, the…
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- In re the Estate CordNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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