Legal Opinion

In Re Adoption of D____

Utah Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1953No. 7864PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CROCKETT, Justice.

After contested trial, the district court granted respondents a decree of adoption of the minor above referred to and denied the claims of appellant, the child’s natural mother. She appeals. Affirmed.

This question is presented: Does a parent who has appeared before a court in connection with an adoption proceeding and voluntarily consented to the adoption of her child, have the right, arbitrarily and without cause, to revoke that consent, when as here, the adoptive parents have accepted the child, kept it in their home for a considerable period of time so that mutual…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jones v. GuyTexas Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Walton v. Koffman Et Ux.Utah Supreme Court · 1946
  3. In Re Adoption of a MinorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
  4. Wyness v. CrowleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  5. State ex rel. Platzer v. BeardsleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Manzanares v. ByingtonUtah Supreme Court · 2012
  2. Adoption of McKinzieMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
  3. Wilson v. Family Services Division, Region TwoUtah Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Smith v. GreenCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1971
  5. State in Interest of K____ B____Utah Supreme Court · 1958

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