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In Re Adoption of MAH

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 7, 1982No. 80-1159PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

411 So.2d 1380 (1982)

In re the ADOPTION OF M.A.H., a Minor Child.[1]

No. 80-1159.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 7, 1982.

Sharyn D. Garfield of Law Office of Chesley V. Morton, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charles R. Forman of Gill & Forman, Ocala, for appellee.

LETTS, Chief Judge.

The paternal grandparents, age 52, here protest the denial of their petition to permanently adopt their 5 year old granddaughter. The natural father consented, but the natural mother, age 26, to whom the child was born out of wedlock, opposed the adoption although she herself had been found…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wiggins v. RollsSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  2. Matter of Adoption of NobleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  3. Solomon v. McLucasDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. Nelson v. HerndonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  5. In re the Adoption of SerpeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. C.S. v. S.H.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  2. In Re Adoption of HYTSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  3. Wylie v. BotosDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  4. B.D.B. v. WilsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  5. Wallace v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1984

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