Legal Opinion
In Re Adolphson Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 20, 1978No. 61000PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
403 Mich. 590 (1978)
271 N.W.2d 511
In re ADOLPHSON ESTATE
STADE
v.
ANDRUIZZI
Docket No. 61000.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Decided November 20, 1978.
Chapekis & Chapekis, P.C. (Timothy K. McMorrow, of counsel), for plaintiff.
Twohey, Maggini, Muldoon & Mudie (by Paul J. Sullivan) for defendants.
2Per curiam
The question posed by this case is whether an adopted child can inherit by operation of law from her deceased parent's family when the surviving parent remarries and the new spouse (here, a stepfather) adopts the child. We hold that she cannot.
The adopted child is plaintiff Veronica Ruth Smith Stade. Veronica…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Dempster's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
- In Re Miner EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Stade v. AndruizziMichigan Supreme Court · 1978
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- In Re Cunningham EstateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
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