Campbell v. Kindred

SLOAN, S. J.

In 1971, appellant and respondent were divorced. Custody of their three minor children was eventually awarded to respondent-father. Later, that year, respondent filed a petition seeking to adopt his own three children. His purpose was to terminate the appellant-mother’s rights to the children. A decree of adoption was entered in 1971.

In 1975, appellant filed this declaratory judgment proceeding seeking to set aside the adoption decree as being utterly void. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the complaint. A judgment of dismissal followed appellant’s failure to further plead.

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