Parker v. Blaine

ANDREWS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an Order of the county judge holding that the adoptive daughter of a named deceased beneficiary under a will takes the share of her adoptive father.

The testatrix, Lilian C. Baker, executed her will on May 8, 1962, and died on November 25, 1962. She devised all her property to her two nieces, Grace Parker, the appellant, and Esther Geisler, and to her nephew, Howard Baker, in equal shares. Howard Baker died on October 21, 1962, leaving Glenna B. Blaine, his adopted daughter, as his only child.

The executor filed a Petition for Determination of Heirs asking…