Gillen v. Edge

Appellant is the mother of Carolyn Sue Williams, now ten years old. In 1943 appellant consented to an order of the Pulaski Probate Court by which the appellees adopted this child. Carolyn Sue lived with the appellees until they were divorced; she now lives with her foster mother.

On November 18, 1947, appellant petitioned the probate court to annul the adoption order, alleging that appellees have failed to provide a suitable home for the child, that Mrs Edge has publicly abused and beaten her, and that since the adoption proceedings the appellees have been divorced, remarried, and again…