Valentine v. Morehead

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK

delivered the opinion of the court.

In an adoption proceeding, an appeal was taken by James Valentine from an order finding him unfit as a father, terminating his rights as a parent, enjoining him from interfering with the custody of the child, and reaffirming a prior interim order which had awarded temporary custody of the child to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Morehead.

The facts were that on September 19, 1964, Barbara Valentine gave birth to a baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Morehead, appellees, filed a verified petition on September 22, 1964, to adopt the baby, and made…