Riggs v. Barrett

Enid P. Rupp and Elwood Riggs were married at Crown Point, Indiana, on June 3, 1919. Each of the parties had previously been married. The bride was the mother of Kathryn by a previous marriage. John Dorn was born on September 12, 1923. Elwood and Enid Riggs obtained the custody of John in December, 1923, when he was 3 months old. At that time the parties resided in Los Angeles, California. Enid and Elwood Riggs adopted John Dorn as their child in a decree entered in the superior court of California in and for the county of Los Angeles on May 22, 1924. The name of the child was changed to John…