Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Infant Sherman
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided June 2, 2008No. S. Ct. Civ. No. 2007-044PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGE, Chief Justice; CABRET, Associate Justice; and SWAN, Associate Justice.
OPINION OF THE COURT
(June 2, 2008)
This appeal concerns an adoption that took place in 1969. In the instant proceedings, the adoptee’s biological mother, L.C.F., (“Appellant”) petitioned the trial court, ex parte, to unseal the adoption records. Appellant contended that she needed identifying information in the records to contact the adoptee, identified as Infant Sherman. According to Appellant, she desired to “bequeath her estate to her son,” and “very much would like the opportunity to meet with her only child.”…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Murrell v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2010
- Gilbert v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2009
- Brady v. CintronSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2011
- In re the Adoption of L.O.F.Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2015
- Shoy v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2011
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