Legal Opinion
Petition of Linehan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 25, 1979No. 47892PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTIS, Justice.
This is a proceeding brought by Richard L. Linehan to adopt his stepchild, James Robert Bryant, contested by Robert Wade Bryant, the child’s natural father. A bifurcated hearing was conducted by Lindsay G. Arthur, Judge of the District Court of Hen-nepin County, Juvenile Division.
*30The first hearing considered whether or not the natural father had abandoned his child or was unfit to exercise his parental rights for the foreseeable future. The court made no finding that the natural father was unfit and held that his conduct did not constitute abandonment of his child. Accordingly…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Matter of the Welfare of KiddSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Matter of Welfare of RosenbloomSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Parks v. TorgersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Turkel v. Ramsey County Welfare BoardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- In Re Petition of ParksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
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3Cited by18 opinions
- William Franz v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Matter of Welfare of ClausenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- Matter of Welfare of HGBSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- Matter of Welfare of SolomonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- In Re the Welfare of J.J.B.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
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