Legal Opinion
Ehrhart v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 25, 1973No. 28119PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Justice.
Sandra Ehrhart filed a suit on September 11, 1972, against Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Brooks seeking to set aside the adoption judgment of Lisa Denise Brooks entered on August 16, 1968. The complaint alleges that the purported consent to the adoption was obtained under duress, fraud and artifice; that the adoption is void ab initio because of lack of notice of the adoption proceedings as required by law; that, as a minor, the complainant could not waive notice of the adoption proceedings and her attempt to do so was a nullity; and that the adoption statute of this state…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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