Richard and Elaine agreed to adopt the daughter of their unmarried best friend who was dying of AIDS and was unable to take care of the child. They took the child. Tina, into their home and raised her as their own but never got around to filing a petition to adopt. Richard died of a heart attack when the child was sixteen. He had no will and Tina sought to inherit under the state's intestacy
laws. The court may find that she should be allowed to inherit on the basis that there had been an
A) agency adoption.
B) illegal adoption.
C) equitable adoption.
D) independent adoption.
C
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