Patton v. Shamburger

I respectfully dissent. The holding of the Court is that minor children adopted by another are no longer “minor children” of the natural father save only for inheritance purposes. This holding gives an entirely too literal interpretation to the Adoption Act and reaches a result which I think is contrary to the Legislature’s intent in drafting the Adoption Act and the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The fact that the Adoption Act states that all legal relationship and all rights and duties between the adopted child and its natural parents cease and determine does not mean that the minor child…