Parsons v. Parsons
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Fond du Lac county: N. S. GilsoN, Circuit Judge. Henry D. Parsons and Gynthia, A. Parsons, husband and wife, on the 7th. day of November, 1887, made application by verified petition, stating the requisite facts, to the county court of Fond du Lac county, for leave to adopt La Fayette Bussell Bede, the minor lawful child of L. F. Bede and Sarah 0. Bede.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Fond du Lac county: N. S. GilsoN, Circuit Judge. Henry D. Parsons and Gynthia, A. Parsons, husband and wife, on the 7th. day of November, 1887, made application by verified petition, stating the requisite facts, to the county court of Fond du Lac county, for leave to adopt La Fayette Bussell Bede, the minor lawful child of L. F. Bede and Sarah 0. Bede. The mother of the child was alleged to be dead, and the father, on information and belief, to have abandoned the child, and it was alleged that the child had for some time been cared for by its…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
This case turns on whether the county court obtained jurisdiction to make the order of adoption. It is challenged solely upon the ground that the consent of the living parent, the father, was not given, and there was no adjudication, on notice to the absent parent, of the fact of abandonment, nor any consent given in place of that of *79the alleged, abandoning parent by the next of kin, nor by a' guardian or a suitable person appointed by tbe court. There is no claim but that the petition, in form, complies with the statute. It alleges every fact which the statute requires, was made by the…
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