This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit in a wrongful death action. The record on appeal is an agreed statement of the parties per California Rules of Court, rule 6. The litigants urge that it is a case of first impression. The issue presented is very narrowly drawn: Is a surviving "parent" of an "informally" adopted deceased minor child within the class of survivors in Code of...
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