BANEGAS v. HOLMQUIST

No. 6462.

535 S.W.2d 410 (1976)

Linoa Carol BANEGAS, as next friend and guardian of the minor child, Cynthia Lynn Holmquist Cole, Appellant, v. Oscar Burton HOLMQUIST, Jr., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

March 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart W. Forbes, Arthur A. Abraham, El Paso, for appellant.

Kerr, Fitz-Gerald & Kerr, Ted M. Kerr, Midland, Conway L. Wallace, Houston, for appellees.


OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is a dispute over Workmen's Compensation death benefits between the parents of a deceased workman and a child of the workman, who had been adopted by someone else. The trial Court, on undisputed facts, rendered a summary judgment awarding the benefits to the parents of the deceased workman. We affirm.

Two questions are presented on appeal, the first being whether a child who has been adopted by another is entitled...

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