In Re Estate of Mona Lawanda Nelson

The petitioner is the illegitimate son of the deceased. He was born July 16, 1924; was apparently abandoned in infancy by his parents and became an inmate of St. Agnes Baby Home in Portland. On May 10, 1927, by decree of the Court of Domestic Relations for Multnomah County, he was declared to be the child of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hughes. He was reared in the home of his adoptive parents and never knew his natural mother. The question is whether the decree of adoption is void because of asserted procedural defects. If that be so, the relationship of mother and son between the petitioner and his natural mother has never been severed and he is her sole heir at law and entitled to take her estate.