JOHNSON, Judge:
This case presents the question of whether a person, who was adopted while an adult, qualifies as a "child" of the adopting parent, when construing the will of a testator who is not the adopting parent.
The appellant in this case was 35 years old when she was adopted by Ruth S. Kauffman Torrence [Ruth]. There is nothing in the record indicating that a parent-child relationship existed between Ruth and the appellant either during her minority...
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