Legal Opinion

In Re Webb's Adoption

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided January 27, 1947No. 4830PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal by a mother from an interlocutory order of adoption entered March 19, 1945, granting the petition of the paternal grandparents for the adoption of her minor son, aged six years. The facts, which are not in dispute, are that the parents of the minor involved were married in 1937, the appellant (mother) being at that time 14 years of age and her husband 19. Before she was 16 the child was born in Yavapai County where the matrimonial domicile was maintained. Six months thereafter the husband filed suit for divorce and a decree was entered in his favor on July 3, 1939, which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Furgeson v. JonesOregon Supreme Court · 1888
  2. In Re Metcalf's EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Crain v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  4. Cribbs v. FloydSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
  5. Johnson v. SmithIndiana Court of Appeals · 1932

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Anguis v. Superior CourtCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1967
  2. Fox v. LasleyOregon Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Westerlund v. CroaffArizona Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Hughes v. Industrial CommissionArizona Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Allman v. RegisterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951

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