Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Riggs
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 24, 1981PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Millard L. Midonick, J.
In this accounting proceeding a hearing was held before a Law Assistant-Referee. Objectants claim to be nieces and nephews of Leon Corey Riggs, a stepfather of decedent who allegedly adopted her. Previously, one objectant had sought an advance payment of a distributive share and had submitted evidence to establish an adoption, but no adoption record was presented. This court found that the petitioner therein had not sustained his burden of proof (Matter of Riggs, 68 Misc 2d 760, 763). No adoption record has *645been found since then but now objectants…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Heien v. CrabtreeTexas Supreme Court · 1963
- Middleworth v. . OrdwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Moran v. AdlerTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- In re the Estate of BamberNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
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