Truelove v. Parker

To my mind,-the judgment of the majority is at variance with the legislative intent touching the subject of adoption, and henc.e I am constrained to state the reasons for my dissent.

On 26 July, 1912, John A. Weathers filed in the Superior Court of Harnett County a petition for the adoption of Irma Johnson, a minor residing at that time with the petitioner in said county. The petition recites that Irma Johnson is a female child, five years of age, the daughter of L. J. and Martha Johnson; “that Martha Johnson, mother of the child, has been living away from her husband and child for the past…