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IN RE ESTATES OF DONNELLY

No. 948-1.

5 Wn. App. 158 (1971)

486 P.2d 1158

In the Matter of the Estates of JOHN J. DONNELLY et al., Deceased. KATHLEEN M. KELLY, as Administratrix, Appellant, v. JEAN LOUISE IVERSON, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One — Panel 2.

June 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Meier, for appellant.

Jones, Grey, Bayley & Olsen, Albert Olsen, and George W. Steers, for respondent.

JAMES, J.

In Washington, may a natural granddaughter inherit from her intestate grandparents, notwithstanding her adoption by her stepfather after the death of her natural father, the son of the decedent grandparents?

The parties to this appeal are in agreement that the relevant and determinative facts are, as found by the trial judge:

JOHN J. DONNELLY and LILY DONNELLY, his wife, had two children, JOHN J. DONNELLY, JR., and KATHLEEN M. KELLY, nee...

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