ARCIERO v. HAGER


397 S.W.2d 50 (1965)

Thomas Bertram ARCIERO (Formerly Thomas Bertram Lively), Appellant, v. Janice Belle HAGER et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 10, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Williams, Munfordville, for appellant.

Richardson & Goodman, C. B. Dowling, Munfordville, for appellees.


DAVIS, Commissioner.

This appeal presents the question whether appellant, who was adopted in New York in 1946 by his stepfather and his natural mother, may inherit from his great-uncle by blood on his paternal side. The great-uncle died intestate in Kentucky on November 4, 1959. The lower court adjudged that appellant could not inherit from the great-uncle, hence this appeal.

The parties recognize that but for the adoption the appellant would inherit from...

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