Moody v. Voorhies

Mr. and Mrs: Voorhies were divorced on December 23, 1965. She was awarded custody of their, son, who *494was then about 18 months old. No order of support was entered against him. The decree is not included in the record, but it apparently awarded the father the right of reasonable visitation. On March 18, 1966, Linda Voorhies married Paul W. Moody. On January 20, 1969, she and her husband filed a petition to adopt her son by the prior marriage. It alleged three grounds, namely, that the child’s father, appellant herein, was a mentally ill person, that he had willfully neglected without just and…