MATTER OF ESTATE OF HOLT

No. 13074.

622 P.2d 1032 (1981)

95 N.M. 412

In the Matter of the Estate OF Ruby HOLT, Deceased. COMMERCE BANK & TRUST, Personal Representative of the Estate of ruby Doris Holt, Deceased, Appellant, v. Tammy Anne BRADY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dow & Feezer, James L. Dow, Carlsbad, for appellant.

Watson & Watson, John W. Fisk, Artesia, for appellee.


OPINION

SOSA, Senior Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee Tammy Anne Brady establishing her as an heir to her natural grandmother's estate. The issue is whether an adopted child can inherit from her natural grandmother when (1) the child's natural father predeceases the grandmother and (2) the adoption occurs subsequent to the natural father's death but prior to the grandmother's death. We reverse...

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