Riley v. Day

Citations

• 88 Kan. 503
• 129 P. 524
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 372

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Minors—Adopted Child—Bights of Inheritance. Under the adoption act a child legally adopted takes the name of the adopting parent and is given the same personal rights and is entitled to the same rights of inheritance as a natural child.</p> <p>2. - Same. The amendment of 1891 of the act concerning descents and distributions (Gen. Stat. 1909, § 2952) did not repeal or limit the rights conferred on an adopted child by the adoption act and to which he was entitled prior to the amendment mentioned.</p> <p>8. -Same. The words “living issue” as used in the amendment were employed by the legislature in the sense of. living children, and hence an adopted child of. a prior deceased daughter of an intestate does inherit a portion of the estate of such intestate through her adopting mother.</p>