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IN RE ESTATE OF FOX

No. 1-774A113.

328 N.E.2d 224 (1975)

In re the ESTATE OF Agnes H. FOX, Deceased. Petition to Be Declared an Heir Louise Scrogham, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company, Columbus, Indiana, Administrator, Julia Juern and Frieda Flori, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

May 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Essex, Columbus, for petitioner-appellant.

James W. Long, Long & Long, Columbus, for respondent-appellee.

ROBERTSON, Chief Judge.

The petitioner-appellant (Louise Scrogham) is appealing the trial court's decision denying her petition to be declared an heir of Agnes H. Fox. The theory of Louise's petition is novel to this jurisdiction in that it seeks judicial approval of a doctrine of law referred to as equitable adoption.

For the reasons stated hereafter we concur in the trial court's rejection of that doctrine.

The evidence shows that Louise was taken...

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