In Re Estate of Baird
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco denying a partial distribution of the estate of a deceased person. J. V. Coffey, J udge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
The appellant, David J. Baird, Jr., claiming to be the legitimate and only child of the decedent and his only heir, applied for partial distribution to him of the estate. His application was denied. He appeals from the judgment.
The petition avers that the applicant, who is a minor, was the illegitimate child of said decedent and one Lydia M. Valencia, to whom decedent was never married, and that the decedent, who was unmarried, adopted said child as his own lawful issue in the manner specified in section 230 of the Civil Code. Opposition to this claim was made by the mother, brothers, and…
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