In Re Williams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The law is settled in this state that the right to inherit property from or by an adopted person is determined by the law of descent in effect at the time of the death of the intestate.”
• inheritance rights do not vest until death of intestate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dye v. Battles
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-10-09· cited 31×
• Morgan v. Mayes
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-09-20· cited 6×
• In re Adoption of G.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1986-01-09· cited 5×
• Katz v. Koronchik
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-12-01· cited 4×
• Wheeler v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-12-11· cited 4×
• Huskea's Estate v. Doody
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-12-31· cited 3×
• In Re Raymond Estate
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-04-15· cited 2×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McFadden v. McNorton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-03-10· cited 48×
• Sorenson v. Rasmussen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1911-05-12· cited 27×
• Gamble v. Cloud
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1955-09-15· cited 12×
• Latham
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1924-11-17· cited 11×
• In re the Accounting of Fodor
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1952-12-09· cited 11×
• Wyman
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1952-01-24· cited 7×
• In re Crowell's Estate
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1924-10-01· cited 6×
• Staley v. Honeyman
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 1950-11-18· cited 4×