Legal Opinion
Knox v. Reid
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 1968No. Docket 2,257PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. H. G-illis, J.
Sally Hayden, as guardian of Franklin Knox, appeals a decision of. the Kent county circuit court which denied her claim that a 1917 probate court order of adoption, involving her ward, was invalid.
Appellant’s ward, Franklin Knox, who is now and has been since infancy a mental incompetent, was born in 1909 as the issue of Edith Knox Mallette and Jay Elmer Mallette. Franklin’s mother died shortly after his birth and in 1911 he was adopted by his aunt and uncle, W. Frank Knox and Annie Reid Knox. 1 . The validity of this proceeding is not questioned.
Not long afterwards, his adoptive parents…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Miner EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Slattery v. Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1931
- In Re LeachMichigan Supreme Court · 1964
3Cited by4 opinions
- In the Matter of KozakMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- Knox v. ReidMichigan Supreme Court · 1969
- Zieldorff v. Catholic Social ServicesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- In Re Adoption of KnoxMichigan Supreme Court · 1969