IN RE ESTATE OF McQUESTEN

No. 89-337.

133 N.H. 420 (1990)

In re ESTATE OF ENA M. McQUESTEN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

July 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Randall E. Wilbert, of Nashua (Randall E. Wilbert on the brief and orally), for the petitioners.

Hamblett & Kerrigan P.A., of Nashua (Beth H. Davis and Mark R. LaFontaine on the brief, and Ms. Davis orally), for the petitionee.


BROCK, C.J.

The petitioners were adopted by their stepfather following the divorce of their natural parents and the remarriage of their mother. They now claim a right to inherit, through their deceased natural father, from the estate of their natural paternal grandmother. The Hillsborough County Probate Court (Cloutier, J.) denied the petitioners' claim, ruling that the right to take by representation was terminated by the adoption. For the reasons that follow...

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