Legal Opinion

Scott v. SCOTT, ADMRX.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 4, 1958No. 29,512PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLandis, J.

The administratrix of the estate of Glenn A. Scott, who died intestate, filed petition to determine heirship as between a second childless wife of *477decedent and his natural son by a former marriage who was thereafter adopted by his paternal grandparents.

The question on this appeal is whether the natural child of an intestate who is adopted by others during his minority and before the enactment of the Probate Code of 19531 is precluded from inheriting2 from such intestate’s estate when such intestate died after the effective date of the New Probate Code providing, inter alia, “such child . . .…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In Re HerreraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Townsend v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Kirtley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1949
  4. State ex rel. Harrison v. MenaughIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  5. State v. MeyerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Thacker v. ButlerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1962
  2. Kerlin v. KENNY, ADMR.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1958
  3. Pointer v. LucasIndiana Court of Appeals · 1960
  4. Kerlin v. KENNY, ADMR.Indiana Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Earle v. Indiana National BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1965

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