Farnsworth v. Goebel
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Worcester on August 21,1920, and afterwards amended, by the maternal uncle and maternal grandparents of Madeline McClintock •Goebel, for a revocation of a decree of that court of her adoption by Robert H. Goebel and Ethel M. Goebel. In the Probate Court, the petition was heard by F. H. Chamberlain, J., a commissioner having been appointed to take the testimany. Material facts found by him are described in the opinion.
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Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Worcester on August 21,1920, and afterwards amended, by the maternal uncle and maternal grandparents of Madeline McClintock •Goebel, for a revocation of a decree of that court of her adoption by Robert H. Goebel and Ethel M. Goebel. In the Probate Court, the petition was heard by F. H. Chamberlain, J., a commissioner having been appointed to take the testimany. Material facts found by him are described in the opinion. By order of the judge a decree was entered dismissing the petition. The petitioners appealed, and, at their request, the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This case is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court dismissing a petition for revocation of a decree of adoption. At the request of the petitioners the judge made a report to the court which contains all the material facts. These facts show that on February 7, 1919, a petition for the adoption of Madeline H. McClintock, then residing in Lancaster, Massachusetts, was filed in the Probate Court, at Worcester, Mas*21sachusetts. The petitioners were Robert H. Goebel, a resident of Berlin, New Hampshire, and his wife, Ethel M. Goebel. Madeline was born April 8, 1914. Her parents were deceased…
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