Thornberry v. Timmons

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Appellee Mary Jo Timmons, whose mother died in 1948, was adopted in 1950 by a great aunt. In 1963 her maternal grandfather died intestate, leaving as his descendants several children and grandchildren in addition to Mary Jo. In this action for a declaration of rights the circuit court entered judgment declaring that Mary Jo was not barred by the adoption from inheriting a share of her grandfather’s estate. The other descendants of the grandfather have appealed.

*152The judgment herein was entered in April 1964. In December 1965 this Court handed down its opinion in Arciero v.…