COVINGTON, Chief Judge.
The issue in this appeal is res nova: whether a man may enable his wife to participate in his parents' succession as an heir by adopting her. The trial court answered in the negative, finding that the adoption of his wife by James Robert Plummer was null and void as a derogation of the rights of Plummer's only son, the issue of his first marriage. We affirm the district court's judgment for the reasons hereinafter assigned.
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