Humphrey v. Pannell
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
710 So.2d 392 (1998)
Larry Joe HUMPHREY
v.
J.R. PANNELL and Winifred P. Pannell.
No. 95-CA-00229-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 16, 1998.
Daniel J. Davis, Tupelo, for appellant.
John A. Ferrell, Booneville, for appellees.
En Banc.
PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:
I. INTRODUCTION
¶ 1. The present case centers around the legal rights of Larry Joe Humphrey, the natural unwed father[1] of a child born to a woman in an existing marriage. Specifically, this Court is called upon to determine what legal rights to notice, if any, Humphrey may have had with regard to an adoption of the child by the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent.
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- Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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