In re Estate of McGraff

OPINION

By McClelland, J.

This matter comes before the Court upon the motion of James Farley and his sister Marie Faulkner, who claim to be stepchildren of the testator, to vacate the order of probate of the testator’s will, on the ground that they are the next of kin of the testator, but that the will was admitted to probate without notice to them as required by statute. Scholl v. Scholl, 123 Oh St 1, 173 N. E. 305.

Counsel for the proponent of the will claims that the alleged stepchildren are not stepchildren of the testator because of the fact that about six months before the death of the…