Newton v. Paslay

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying the application of appellants, W. F. Newton and his wife Goldie Newton, to adopt their grandson, three and a half years old.

On October 6, 1956 appellee Frank Howe Paslay, father of the child, filed suit against appellants, asking custody of his son. The baby had lived in the home of appellants, his maternal grandparents, since his birth. Appellants answered and filed a cross-action asking leave to adopt the child and asking also that his name be changed from Richard Glenn Paslay to Richard Glenn Newton. Ellen Lanell Newton…