Boyed v. Wilson

CODY, Justice.

This is a proceeding by T. R. Wilson and wife, to adopt Maryann Bowman, a white child, five years of age. Prior to the institution of the proceedings, on March 15, 1952, the child’s natural mother, who was then Mary Ernestine Thompson, executed her written consent to the adoption, which was filed in the proceedings. Prior to the hearing on the adoption proceedings, the child’s mother married one Boyed, and thereafter filed a written withdrawal of her consent to the adoption. The child’s natural father also filed an answer in which he objected to the ádoption. The mother’s…