In Re: Estate of Hewitt

BROWN, J.:

This is a case of first impression in this jurisdiction. It concerns the degree or extent of inheritability of an adopted child as regards the estates of lineal or collateral kindred of the adoptive parent or parents.

William B. Hewett died May 14, 1941. He had made a will leaving all of his estate to his wife, but she died shortly before he did. So it is agreed that in effect he died intestate. He left surviving him no father or mother, no child or children, no brother or sister, nor the descendants of a deceased brother or sister, no grandparents and no uncles or aunts. So far as…