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BROWN v. CRAWFORD

Nos. 61071, 61072.

699 P.2d 162 (1984)

Bettye Lou Crawford BROWN, Appellant, v. Jessie CRAWFORD, Executrix of the Estate of Frank Crawford, Deceased, and Jessie Crawford, Individually, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 3.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1985.

Certiorari Denied April 30, 1985.

May 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold T. Fleig and Jimanne H. Mays, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Phil S. Hurst, Sulphur, for appellee.

Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Appeals.

HUNTER, Judge:

This case of first impression presents the question of whether an after-adopted child, named and provided for in the testator's will as his wife's niece, is entitled to an intestate share of the estate because she was "neither provided for nor in any way mentioned in the will" as the testator's child.

Frank Crawford died on January 16, 1976, at the age of eighty-seven. His holographic...

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