gigilamorosa said:

lavie said:

If Duane was indeed an adopted son of John's, he is not blood related to Prince as a half-sibling and therefore Duane's offspring are not entitled to a share of his estate. The siblings, whether half or full MUST have BLOOD relation to the decedent (Prince). So bye Victoria and Briana. Money hungry vultures!

Also a point to note is that yes, when a child is legally adopted, the name of the adopted parent(s) is placed on their birth certificates.

I hate all of this. None of these people worked for that money yet feel entitled! They didn't even have a relationship with the man.

This is false. Adopted children are recognized as full legal siblings of non adopted children in the same family under the law.

It actually is not false. The law in Minnesota expicility states BLOOD relative. Not "LEGAL" relative. There is a difference! As I read it, there's no other interpretation of that law.

lavie said:

It appears John was married to Sharon, Norrine, Lorna and Duane's mom, but inpregnated Prince's mom Mattie when he was married to his wife Vivian. Prince was born first, but Vivian also became pregnant about three months after Mattie, that is why Prince is about three months older. That may be why his mother's name is listed as Mattie Shaw, not Mattie Nelson. Perhaps when Vivian found out he had a baby with Mattie, she divorced John and he married Mattie, they then had Tyka, but got divorced shortly thereafter. He was much older than her. Prince seems to have his mom's eyes and Tyka has her dad's.

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Duane's Descendants Object to DNA Testing

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If the law says parentage is shown legally via birth certificates, and theirs are all correct, I'd have to agree with their position. Otherwise every single one of us has to be up for providing DNA proof in such a situation. Every death, any family member getting so much as a passed-down wedding ring or money left in a checking account, where a family relationship is the basis.

I can't even imagine the backlog for blood testing and court dates if the standard were to be changed.

sharonbell said:

It appears John was married to Sharon, Norrine, Lorna and Duane's mom, but inpregnated Prince's mom Mattie when he was married to his wife Vivian. Prince was born first, but Vivian also became pregnant about three months after Mattie, that is why Prince is about three months older. That may be why his mother's name is listed as Mattie Shaw, not Mattie Nelson. Perhaps when Vivian found out he had a baby with Mattie, she divorced John and he married Mattie, they then had Tyka, but got divorced shortly thereafter. He was much older than her. Prince seems to have his mom's eyes and Tyka has her dad's.

I hope that you didn't know that off the top of your head.

(issue raised again in other thread about Prince's father - http://prince.org/msg/7/428517 - but this seems more appropriate thread for related links)

http://www.legacy.com/obi...0149176492

Nelson, Duane Joseph Born 08/18/58. Passed on 03/04/11. Preceded in death by his parents John L. & Vivian Nelson; son Duane Joseph Nelson Jr.; sister Lorna Nelson. Survived by daughter Brianna Nelson; grandchild Victoria Nelson; brothers John R. and Prince Nelson; sisters Norrine and Sharon Nelson

http://prince.org/msg/7/3...?&pg=1

http://www.tmz.com/2016/0...rtificate/

http://www.startribune.co...117755303/

http://www.thedailyswarm....duane-rip/

http://theboombox.com/pri...ead-at-52/

Rebeljuice said:

I cant tak about MN law, but UK law seems very similar in regards to the family line and who gets what. In the UK an adopted sibling would be entitled to an equal share of the estate. UK law asks these questions:

Does the deceased have:

1) A living spouse? No (if yes spouse gets it all)

2) Any offspring including adopted offspring, excluding step-offspring? No (if Yes then offsprings get equal share. Decendants of deceased offspring get the deceased's share)

3) Any living parent including adoptive parent, excluding step-parent? No (if yes, parent(s) get it all)

4) Any siblings including adopted, excluding step-siblings? Yes. All siblings get an equal share. Where any siblings are deceased, their descendants get the deceased's share.

If MN law is the same, then Duane's decendants are entitled to his share. If Prince had adopted a son, that son would have gotten everything because he was legally his son, so I dont see why the law would be any different for Duane. He was adopted by Prince's father and so was legally Prince's brother. Tyka may not have realised this and so left him out innocently and didnt mean any malice.

Tyka knew exactly what she was doing.

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Yeah, Duane was born like just 9 weeks after Prince.

Makes you thankful for your own messed-up family?

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