Legal Opinion
Dye v. Battles
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 9, 2001No. C035887PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRISON, J.
This case illustrates the danger of using preprinted wills. Decedent Haskell J. Dye had two natural sons who were adopted away (with his consent) by his first wife’s new husband (Arthur Battles) in 1959. Under the law at that time, this cut off their right to inherit from him. The law was changed, effective 1985, to permit some adopted-out children to inherit from their natural parents. In 1989 decedent and his second wife Eleanor signed reciprocal form wills, leaving their property to each other. Eleanor died in January, 1999. Decedent died on June 17, 1999.
Scott T. Dye,…
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