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Matter of Hodges

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 1, 1945
60 N.E.2d 540 (N.Y. 1945)

Opinion

Argued January 4, 1945

Decided March 1, 1945

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, CONGDON, S.

James O. Moore, Sr., and Nathan Rovner for appellant.

Walter N. Renwick for Anna K. Deabold and others, respondents. Creighton S. Andrews, special guardian for Mary J. Dorr and others, infants, respondents.


In Hopkins v. Hopkins ( 202 App. Div. 606, 236 N.Y. 545) and Matter of Hall ( 234 App. Div. 151, 259 N.Y. 637) it was held that no statute of this State entitled an adopted child to inherit from the next of kin of its foster parents. There has been no statutory change in the law as there declared. Any extension thereof must be made by the Legislature.

The order should be affirmed, without costs.

LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, THACHER and DYE, JJ., concur.

Order affirmed.


Summaries of

Matter of Hodges

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 1, 1945
60 N.E.2d 540 (N.Y. 1945)
Case details for

Matter of Hodges

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Will of BERTHA L. HODGES, Deceased. MARCELLA J…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 1, 1945

Citations

60 N.E.2d 540 (N.Y. 1945)
60 N.E.2d 540

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