Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Seader
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided September 23, 2003No. 02-224PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOIGT, Justice.
[T1] The district court refused to apply the doctrines of equitable adoption, adoption by estoppel, and virtual adoption to avoid the operation of the anti-lapse statute. The district court also concluded that the testator's will did not evidence an intention that the share of a predeceased devisee pass to that devisee's children. The devisee's children appealed. We affirm.
ISSUES
1. Whether the doctrines of equitable adoption, adoption by estoppel, and virtual adoption are available under Wyoming law to allow the descendents of a predeceased stepchild to be considered lineal…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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