Matter of the Estate Op Bernard NewMan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County granting letters of administration on the estate of a deceased person. Bernard Newman died intestate on November 15, 1886, a resident of the county of Los Angeles. He had never married, and at the time of his death had no blood relations nearer than brothers and sisters.
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Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County granting letters of administration on the estate of a deceased person. Bernard Newman died intestate on November 15, 1886, a resident of the county of Los Angeles. He had never married, and at the time of his death had no blood relations nearer than brothers and sisters. On the 24th of November, 1886, the respondent, Mary Maldonado, the mother and guardian of one George B. Maldonado, a minor of about two and one half years of age, filed a petition for letters of administration on the estate of said deceased, claiming to be…
1Opinion of the CourtPaterson, J.
1. The provisions of the Civil Code bearing upon the first question presented for our consideration are the following:—
“ Sec. 227. The judge must .... make an order declaring that the child shall thenceforth be regarded and treated in all respects as the child of the person adopting.”
*219“ Sec. 228. A child, when adopted, may take the family name of the person adopting. After adoption, the two shall sustain towards each other the legal relation of parent and child, and have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of that relation.”
“ Sec. 1386. When any person having title to any estate…
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