In Re the Adoption of Doe

The question of law raised by the appellants upon the facts of this ease relate to, and is determined by the legal effect the intermarriage of the mother of the child, born out of wedlock, and the reputed father, has upon the status of the child as a proper subject for adoption in an adoption proceeding, then pending, — based upon consent of the mother in a manner provided by the statute. Gr.S. 48-5. This exact question does not appear to have been considered and passed upon by this Court. Yet we find guidance in pertinent statutes of this State, and related decisions of this Court.

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