DOOLEY, Justice.
In this case, we are required to decide whether 15 V.S.A. § 448, which denies an adopted person's right of inheritance from collateral kin, is constitutional. We conclude that the statute violates the common benefits provision of the Vermont Constitution, Chapter I, Article 7, and reverse the summary judgment granted by the Franklin Superior Court.
The parties are sisters. Plaintiff Gail MacCallum is the daughter of Anita Murphy Seymour...
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