Grimes v. . Grimes

This appeal presents tbe following question: Does an ádopted child for life inherit that portion of tbe estate of bis natural grandfather which his adoptive father, who died intestate, would have inherited as a son had he not predeceased said grandfather? We think a negative answer is found in tbe construction of Public Laws 1933, ch. 207, sec. 5, amending C. S., 185, the pertinent portion of which is as follows: “Such order granting letters of adoption, when made, shall have the effect forthwith to establish the relation of parent and child between the petitioner and the child during the…