Legal Opinion
Adoption of Van Anda
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 23, 1976No. Civ. 47775PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
Richard Paul Storrs petitioned the Superior Court of Los Angeles County to be permitted to adopt Elizabeth, age 11, and Catherine, age 13, the two minor children of his present wife Nancy. Nancy consented to the adoption but her former husband Robert Van Anda, the father of the minor children, refused to consent.
Nancy and Robert were divorced in September of 1969. The judgment of divorce awarded joint custody of the two children to Nancy and Robert. Nancy, however, was awarded actual physical custody. Robert was awarded visitation rights and ordered to pay child support in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Davey v. Los Angeles County Bureau of AdoptionsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- Burge v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- Adoption of BurtonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
- Younger v. YoungerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Schweitzer v. KellyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re the Marriage of AllenCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981
- In Re Marriage of NealCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979