In re Nuttall

Alonzo J. Prey, S.

This is a proceeding in which the petitioners, Joseph L. Pratt and his wife, Patricia Ann Pratt, seek an order approving the adoption by them of the infant child, Jeffrey Carol Nuttall. The petitioner, Patricia Ann Pratt, is the natural mother of the infant child, Jeffrey Carol Nuttall, born to her while she was married to the respondent, Howard Nuttall.

The petitioner, Joseph L. Pratt, is the second husband of the petitioner, Patricia Ann Pratt, the petitioners having been united in marriage on November 21, 1959, after an Alabama divorce granted to Howard Nuttall, the former…