Legal Opinion
Shippey v. Marafioti
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 2003No. 02-211PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KITE, Justice.
[11] Karen Shippey's uncle, who was adopted, died intestate, and the district court found his heirs included the descendants of both his adoptive and his biological siblings. Ms. Shippey claims an adopted child's biological siblings are no longer his "brother" and "sister" and, thus, they are not entitled to inherit from the adopted child's intestate estate. We agree and reverse.
ISSUES
[12] The question presented for appeal is whether biological siblings (and their descendants) of an adopted decedent may claim rights as heirs in intestacy.
FACTS
[13] The facts in this case are not…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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