Worthen v. Weaver

This is an appeal from an order adjudicating the respondent to be an heir of the decedent and pretermitted *610by the terms of decedent’s will. The principal assignment of error is that the evidence failed to establish that respondent had met the requirements of RCW 11.04.080 [cf. Rem. Rev. Stat., § 1345] relating to inheritance.

We are asked to construe RCW 11.04.080 which reads in part:

“Every illegitimate child shall be considered as an heir of the person who has in any written document, signed in the presence of a competent witness, acknowledged himself to be the father of such child.” (Italics…