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IN RE ESTATE OF RUEL

No. 82-460.

123 N.H. 768 (1983)

In re ESTATE OF SADIE M. RUEL

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

August 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wescott, Millham & Dyer, of Laconia (Gary P. Westergren on the brief and orally), for the petitioners Roxanne L. Churas and Kathleen M. Churas, and for the petitioner Chris V. Churas, represented by his mother and next friend, Patricia M. Churas.

Alexander M. Lachiatto, of Franklin, by brief and orally, for Archie Ruel, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Sadie M. Ruel.

BOIS, J.

The petitioners, three children of Patricia M. Churas, appeal a finding of the Probate Court (Murphy, J.) that the language of Sadie M. Ruel's will is sufficient to prevent them from taking a portion of Mrs. Ruel's estate. We affirm.

Sadie M. Ruel died in 1980, leaving a will which bequeathed her entire estate to her son Archie Ruel, Jr. The will contained the following clause:

"I intentionally make no provision for my adopted daughter...

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