Legal Opinion
Matter of Adoption of Schoffstall
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1988No. 17645PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEELY, Justice:
Charles Lamar Schoffstall, Jr. and Michelle Shedd were married on 29 March 1980 and their son Michael was born on 27 October 1980. Four months later Charles was transferred from Kingwood, West Virginia to Elizabethville, Pennsylvania and the family moved there in February 1981. In April 1981, without any warning, Michelle left Charles, and returned to King-wood to live with her grandparents. Between April 1981 and June 1982, Charles visited Michelle and Michael approximately a dozen times and Michelle took Michael to Pennsylvania twice to visit Charles.
In September 1982,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- In re WillisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1973
- Emons v. DINELLIIndiana Supreme Court · 1956
- In re Change of Name of Harris to StrubbleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
- Logan v. CoupCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Claunch v. EntrekinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Snyder v. ScheererWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1993
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- Joshua D.R. and Sherie L.R. v. David A.M.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2013
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