Mooney v. Mooney

COBB, Judge.

This case involves the question of whether an adopted child has the right to inherit by intestate succession from a natural parent.

Ray Alan Mooney (hereinafter Ray Alan) was born on October 7, 1950, as the natural son of Orlan Ray Mooney (hereafter Orlan Ray). Ray Alan was adopted by his stepfather in Kentucky on August 30, 1960. Or-lan Ray died intestate on June 10, 1979.

Ray Alan filed a petition for determination of heirs in which he sought to have himself determined by the court to be an heir. Elizabeth Mooney, mother and guardian of Donna Rae Mooney, filed an answer in which…