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O'CONNELL v. RIGGS NAT. BANK, ETC.

No. 82-1343.

475 A.2d 405 (1984)

Deidre Shane Robinson O'CONNELL, Appellant, v. The RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D.C., Trustee Under the Will of Joseph H. Curran, deceased, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Davidson, Washington, D.C., with whom Sydney J. Butler, Richard A. Gladstone and Ronald Sales were on briefs, for appellant.

Matthew A. Kane, with whom Al Philip Kane, Charles V. Koons, Stewart M. Hurtt, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

George E. Monk, Washington, D.C., for Riggs National Bank of Washington.

Before KERN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges, Retired.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired:

This appeal is from a judgment of the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia holding that appellant, an adopted adult, is not entitled to take as "issue" of her adoptive mother under the terms of a testamentary trust. Appellant, Deidre Shane Robinson O'Connell, now asserts on appeal that the trial court erred in (1) granting appellees' motion for judgment on the pleadings; (2) denying her motion for judgment...

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