Madere v. Long

MOISE, Justice.

The subject matter of this appeal is the refusal of the Judge of the Juvenile Court to grant a right of adoption to the petitioner.

A clear statement of the law and the facts is persuasive of what judgment should be rendered.

The applicant for adoption is Roland Joseph Madere, husband of Dorothy Collins Madere, who is the divorced wife of James Littleton Long, Sr. Dorothy Collins and James Littleton Long, Sr. are the father and mother of the minor. They were divorced by a judgment rendered on December 13, 1954. In these divorce proceedings the mother was granted the care,…