Opinion
No. 32696
Decided March 5, 1952.
Descent and distribution — Adopted child — Law governing — Right to inherit from and through adopting parent.
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Miami county.
This action to determine heirship was instituted in the Probate Court and presents questions as to what law governs the right of an adopted child to inherit and whether an adopted child has the right to inherit collaterally through as well as from its adopting parent. The court held that an adopted child's rights to inherit are governed by the laws in force at the time of the death of the decedent and not the laws in force at the time of the adoption, and that an adopted child is entitled to inherit collaterally through as well as from its adopting parent.
That judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals and the cause is in this court on the allowance of a motion to certify the record.
Mr. Ellis W. Kerr, for appellant.
Mr. Leo H. Faust, for appellee.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed on authority of Flynn, Admr., v. Bredbeck, 147 Ohio St. 49, 68 N.E.2d 75.
Judgment affirmed.
WEYGANDT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, STEWART, MIDDLETON, TAFT, MATTHIAS and HART, JJ., concur.