MAURER v. BECKER

No. 69-817.

26 Ohio St. 2d 254 (1971)

MAURER ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. BECKER ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Garmhausen, Kerrigan & Elsass, Mr. Thomas W. Kerrigan and Mr. Eugene P. Elsass, for appellants.

Messrs. McCullouch, Felger, Fite & Gutmann, Mr. Robert P. Fite and Mr. Paul P. Gutmann, for appellees.


LEACH, J.

Appellants concede that if Kenneth Lee Hemmert was an heir of Mrs. Hemmert at the time of her death in 1966 their will contest action was properly dismissed. They assert as a proposition of law that an adopted child, who is permanently surrendered to a social agency in accordance with R. C. 5103.15, thereafter has no right of inheritance from the surrendering parents.

R. C. 5103.151 authorizes the parents of a child to...

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