In re the Accounting of the Public Administrator

William T. Collins, S.

In this accounting proceeding one Elmore Smith filed objections claiming to be an illegitimate son of decedent. He was afforded the opportunity on the hearing to support his alleged relationship to the decedent. He failed to offer any evidence whatever. His objections are therefore dismissed.

Objections were also filed by certain persons who claim to be first cousins and the nearest relatives of the decedent and by certain other individuals who claim to be first cousins once removed. The latter group contend that as first cousins once removed they are entitled to share…