Young v. Smith

This appeal presents a petition for the adoption of James Patrick Smith, filed by Max Young and his wife, in the County Court of Blount County, against the natural parents of James Patrick Smith. It is the third time that this controversy in one or other of its aspects has been presented to this Court. In an opinion printed in 188 Tenn. 430, 220 S. W. (2d) 627, in the case of Smith v. Smith, it was decided that on the question of custody of this little boy who was born in 1943, the Court of Appeals should review the record made in the County Court de novo. On the remand, it was decided that…