In Re the Estate of Sendonas

This is an appeal on a short record, from a decree of settlement of estate and distribution, entered at the conclusion of a probate proceeding.

The decedent, Spyros Sendonas, a single man, died intestate while domiciled in King County, Washington.

Two brothers and a sister of decedent predeceased him. They were residents of Greece. The appellants, residents of Greece, are children of the predeceased brothers; the respondent is an adopted child of decedent’s sister, she having adopted respondent in Greece.

Under the adoption laws of Greece 1 an adopted child cannot inherit from collateral heirs…