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CORBETT v. STERGIOS

No. 51095.

137 N.W.2d 266 (1965)

Stanley M. CORBETT, Guardian of the Property of Constantine Neonakis, a Minor, Appellant, v. Viola STERGIOS, also known as Viola Sterylakis, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 21, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gleysteen, Nelson, Harper, Kunze, Eidsmoe & Carew, Sioux City, for appellant.

McQueen & Dandos, Sioux City, for appellee.

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

This is an action in equity to recover a share of a decedent's estate by the guardian of a minor adopted by the decedent after he made his will. The action is based on section 600.6, Code 1962, which provides rights of inheritance between a child and parent by adoption shall be the same as those between parent and child born in lawful wedlock, and section 633.13 (the "pretermitted heir statute") which states that when a testator has a child...

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