MATTER OF ESTATE OF EDWARDS

No. 12470.

273 N.W.2d 118 (1978)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Larry EDWARDS, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Jorgensen of Willy, Pruitt, Matthews & Jorgensen, Sioux Falls, for appellant Myra Tlustos.

Thomas M. Issenhuth, Madison, for respondent Shirley Vinz; Roger R. Gerlach, Salem, on brief.


MORGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for the Fourth Judicial Circuit appointing Shirley Vinz as administrator of the estate of Larry Edwards and entering Letters of Administration. The dispute centers around the determination of the proper heirs to decedent's estate. Other issues are also raised, but our decision herein makes it unnecessary to consider them. We reverse.

The decedent was born out of wedlock and was adopted at...

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