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EHRENCLOU v. MacDONALD

No. G032020.

12 Cal.Rptr.3d 411 (2004)

117 Cal.App.4th 364

Martine EHRENCLOU et al, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Steven MacDONALD et al, Defendants and Appellants; Animal Legal Defense Fund, etc., Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 2004.

Review Denied July 21, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weinstock, Manion, Reisman, Shore & Neumann, M. Neil Solarz and Blake A. Rummel, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants.

Morrison & Foerster, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Joseph L. Wyatt, Jr., and Sheila O. Recio, Los Angeles, for Intervener and Appellant.

Loeb & Loeb, Andrew S. Garb and David C. Nelson; Oldman, Cooley, Leighton & Sallus and Marc L. Sallus, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

IKOLA, J.

On a petition for instructions regarding the proper distribution of the remaining assets held in a trust, the court ruled that adults adopted under Colorado's adult adoption statute did not qualify as "issue" of the person adopting them. The adopted adults, joined by a group of intervening charities, appeal. We affirm the judgment.

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