ESTATE OF JOSEPH

Docket No. S060863.

17 Cal.4th 203 (1998)

Estate of LOUIS JOSEPH, Deceased. KIM BARNUM-SMITH, Petitioner and Appellant, v. JAMES C. JOSEPH, Objector and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas V. Roland for Petitioner and Appellant.

Dena R. Thaler and Kathleen Marie Moura for Objector and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Pursuant to section 6400 et seq. of the Probate Code, the estate of a deceased parent may pass by intestate succession to his child as heir. For these purposes, the code defines the relationship of parent and child to exist in three situations. First, section 6450, subdivision (a), provides that the "relationship of parent and child exists between a person and the person's natural parents, regardless of the marital...

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