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MATTER OF ESTATE OF RYAN

No. 1 CA-CV 96-0193.

187 Ariz. 311 (1996)

928 P.2d 735

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Donald Lee RYAN, Deceased. Tracy CHAMPAGNE, Personal Representative-Appellee, v. Donna RYAN and Donald Ryan, parents of Donald Lee Ryan Deceased, Respondents-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

December 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaburg & Wilk, P.C. by Roger L. Cohen and Kathi M. Sandweiss, Phoenix, and Chester A. Yon, P.C. by Chester A. Yon, Fountain Hills, Richard C. Erickson, Co-Counsel, Scottsdale, for Personal Representative-Appellee.

Fenton J. McDonough, Scottsdale, for Respondents-Appellants.

OPINION

GERBER, Judge.

In this inheritance case, Donna and Donald Ryan (the Ryan parents), parents of decedent Donald Lee Ryan (Donald Ryan), appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Tracy Champagne (Ms. Champagne), personal representative of her son Trevor Jon Champagne (Trevor). The sole issue before us concerns whether adoption by a stepparent severs a child's inheritance rights from the biological parent. For reasons that follow,...

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