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03-19-2007, 08:20 AM
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Partner Adopted by an Heiress Stakes Her Claim
NORTH HAVEN, Me., March 13 — On an island liberally sprinkled with the affluent and well-connected members of such clans as Bush, du Pont, Rockefeller and Cabot, the Watson family occupies a special place.
Recently, though, the Watson name has surfaced in a different context, a most unusual lawsuit. It concerns Olive F. Watson, 59, granddaughter of the I.B.M. founder and daughter of Thomas J. Watson Jr., the company’s longtime chief executive; and Patricia Ann Spado, 59, her former lesbian partner of 14 years. In 1991, Ms. Watson, then 43, adopted Ms. Spado, then 44, under a Maine law that allows one adult to adopt another. The reason, Ms. Spado has contended in court documents, was to allow Ms. Spado to qualify as an heir to Ms. Watson’s estate. But less than a year after the adoption, Ms. Watson and Ms. Spado broke up. Then in 2004, Ms. Watson’s mother died, leaving multimillion-dollar trusts established by her husband to be divided among their 18 grandchildren. Re-enter Ms. Spado with a claim: Because she was adopted by Olive F. Watson, she said, she is technically Thomas J. Watson Jr.’s 19th grandchild and is therefore eligible for a share of the trusts. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/us/19adopt.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin 
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03-19-2007, 08:57 AM
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I read about that. This should be an interesting case for family and estate lawyers.
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03-19-2007, 10:14 AM
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A simple DNA test of the "carpet"fibres lodged between the incisors of the surviving partner should verify the truth of her assertion,but then I'm no abogado..........
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03-19-2007, 10:26 AM
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Yeah, maybe, but that still doesn't determine her rights to the inheritance, does it?
Maybe it would prove that she needs to floss better . . .
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