Burrell v. Wood

Hall, Justice.

Appellant, the natural mother of the child whose adoption is here in dispute, brought two suits against the adoptive parents (the maternal grandparents) seeking to have the adoption declared void. After losing both cases in the trial court, she brings these appeals which we have consolidated. We affirm the trial court’s rulings in both cases.

The mother first filed a petition for declaratory judgment, asking that the 1968 adoption be declared invalid. By later amendment, the petition was also cast as a complaint in equity to declare the adoption void. The trial court held an…