Opinion
Argued January 4, 1945
Decided March 1, 1945
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, CONGDON, S.
James O. Moore, Sr., and Nathan Rovner for appellant.
Walter N. Renwick for Anna K. Deabold and others, respondents. Creighton S. Andrews, special guardian for Mary J. Dorr and others, infants, respondents.
In Hopkins v. Hopkins ( 202 App. Div. 606, 236 N.Y. 545) and Matter of Hall ( 234 App. Div. 151, 259 N.Y. 637) it was held that no statute of this State entitled an adopted child to inherit from the next of kin of its foster parents. There has been no statutory change in the law as there declared. Any extension thereof must be made by the Legislature.
The order should be affirmed, without costs.
LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, THACHER and DYE, JJ., concur.
Order affirmed.