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Hall v. Hall
West Virginia Supreme Court (2018) | 818 S.E.2d 838
TL;DR: A child whose parent's rights were terminated due to abuse sought to inherit from that parent's intestate estate. The court held she could not, as the termination legally severed the parent-child relationship required to qualify as a "descendant" under West Virginia's inheritance statutes.
Legal Significance: Establishes that in West Virginia, termination of parental rights severs a child's right to inherit from that parent's intestate estate by breaking the statutory line of descent, unless the legislature explicitly provides otherwise.