Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Chinsky
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 1, 1936PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
Involved in this proceeding is the basic question of the right of a person who was no natural relative of the intestate but was legally adopted by a parent of the latter while resident in a foreign country, to take in intestate distribution of the estate of his foster brother.
Under ordinary circumstances this court would decline to consider this question at this time, since its determination would be far more appropriate on the accounting, the usual statutory time for which has long since expired. All parties have, however, adjured the court to give expression of its views on this…
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