Legal Opinion
Watson v. Shepard
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 24, 1976No. Record 751397PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
This appeal arises from a dispute over custody of Judith Dawn Watson, now approximately six years of age. The contestants are the natural mother, on the one hand, and the paternal aunt and her husband, who seek to adopt the child, on the other. The natural father is deceased. The adoptive parents are divorcing.
The appeal stems from two separate proceedings which were consolidated and heard ore tenus by the chancellor. Appellees Roger Dale Shepard and Cynthia Gail Watson Shepard filed on March 1,1974 in the court below a petition to adopt the child and to change her name. Code § 63.1-220, et…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wilkerson v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973
- Dyer v. HowellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971
- Rocka v. Roanoke County Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- McEntire v. RedfearnSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
- Berrien v. Greene County Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Browder v. HarmeyerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
- Tracie F. v. Francisco D.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- In re Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights K.D.M.A., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1993
- In re WilkinsonHenrico County Circuit Court · 1979
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