Legal Opinion
Manter v. Manter
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 1, 1981PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The issue in this case is whether a divorced adoptive father who has permitted his former wife’s second husband to adopt his children may, more than a year following the latter’s divorce, intervene to regain custody of the children. The appellant’s motion to intervene was denied by the trial court, and he appeals from that denial.
Prospective third party intervenor Allan Dexter Coombs married Brenda Mae Coombs in March, *5041961. The couple then adopted two minor children, Donald Allan and Heather Eleanor. After the Coombs’ divorce in July, 1974, Brenda Coombs married John P. Manter in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Presutti v. PresuttiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Simons v. SimonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Doe v. DoeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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