Legal Opinion

Roark v. Yarbrough

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided November 18, 1966PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Judge.

This suit was instituted by appellees Robert M. and Cora L. Yarbrough to adopt their five grandchildren, ranging from eleven to four years of age, and a stepgrandchild, Danny Thomas Williams, age thirteen. Appellant, the mother of the children, married John Wright Roark shortly before this suit was filed. The father of the five children was the only child of appellees Robert M. and Cora L. Yarbrough.

The judgment of the circuit court allowed the adoption of the six children, and this appeal followed.

Appellant, a thirty-year-old mother, had one child before her marriage to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jouett v. RhorerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960

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