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SPIERS v. MAPLES

No. 2-97-268-CV.

970 S.W.2d 166 (1998)

Linda Lee Cullum SPIERS; Sammy Eugene Cullum; Martha Lanelle Cullum Burrell; Helene Elizabeth Cullum Sangster; and the Heirs of David Cullum, Appellants, v. Deborah Kaye Bridges MAPLES, and Bobbie Faye Huntington Cross, a/k/a Terri Moody, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

May 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Crumley, P.C., John W. Crumley, Fort Worth, for Appellants.

Donald R. Pierson, II, Donald R. Pierson, II, Timothy E. Malone, Timothy E. Malone, Fort Worth, for Appellees.

Before CAYCE, C.J., and DAUPHINOT and BRIGHAM, JJ.

OPINION

BRIGHAM, Justice.

Appellants challenge the trial court's determination of heirship declaring Bobbie Faye Huntington Cross a/k/a Terri Moody (Cross) the daughter and sole heir of Corita J. Moody (Moody) under the doctrine of adoption by estoppel. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Moody raised a number of children, in several groups. She referred to and treated all of them as her own. Many of them were in and out of her home at various times...

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