Legal Opinion
Adoption of Burton
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 20, 1956No. Civ. 5278PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COUGHLIN, J. pro tem. *
This is an appeal from an order approving a stepparent adoption.
George Stanley filed a petition to adopt his wife’s two sons by a former marriage. His petition alleges that he and Ruth Stanley, the mother of the boys, were married on June 2, 1946; formerly she was married to Maurice Burton, the father of these children, and obtained a divorce from him through a decree granted by the District Court of Rooks County, Kansas; by order of that court, in the divorce proceedings, the custody of the children was awarded to their mother; their father “for more than a year prior…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sampsell v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Foster v. FosterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
- Matter of CozzaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
- Estate of SharonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
- Titcomb v. Superior Court of Santa Clara Cty.California Supreme Court · 1934
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Carpenter v. ForsheeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- In Re Adoption of P. J. K.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1962
- Stjernholm v. MazaheriSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
- In Re the Adoption of S.L.R.Montana Supreme Court · 1982
- Adoption of TheveninCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
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