Smith v. Wilson

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The petition of Richard Wilson and Edith, his wife, prayed for (1) a judgment terminating the parental rights of the mother of William Harrod Dailey, and (2) an order of adoption with the change in the surname of the child to Wilson. The mother, the child and the State Department of Economic Security, Child Welfare Division, were named as defendants. The court 4 rendered the two-fold judgment prayed. The mother, now Martha Smith, who was the active defendant, appeals.

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KRS 199.600(1) confers authority upon a circuit court in a proper action to “terminate all parental…