Lesbian’s ‘adoption’ by former heiress lover annulled during inheritance dispute
”Most disturbing, this challenge can come not just in a direct appeal, but at any time, even decades later, in a collateral attack long after final judgment and longstanding reliance on the adoption.”
Portion of an legal appeal by Patricia Spado who was adopted in 1991 by her lesbian lover, Olive Watson, an heiress to the fortunes of Thomas Watson Jr., an IBM magnate. The adoption is said to have been an attempt to guarantee inheritance benefits between the lesbians. The annullment appears to have been granted on a residency issue, and the complicated case is to be heard by Maine’s highest court. (International Herald Tribune)
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