Legal Opinion
Adoption of Mike and Russ
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 1977No. 10062PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TITUS, Judge.
Petitioners, husband and wife, filed their petition July 12, 1974, to adopt brothers Mike and Russ. The natural mother, a sister of petitioner husband, gave her written consent to the adoption (§ 453.030-3) 1 but the natural father did not consent and contested the action. After the trial court entered a decree of adoption pursuant to § 453.080, the father appealed.
The principal issue litigated was whether the father’s consent to the adoption could be dispensed with because he had “for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the filing of the petition for adoption,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- In Re Adoption of P. J. K.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1962
- Adoption of McKinzieMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
- Condos v. Associated Transports, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1970
- H. J. N. v. E. M. N.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by14 opinions
- H.W.S. v. C.T.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re Adoption of Baby Boy WMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- S. C. H. v. C. W. H.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- Lambertus v. SantinoMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- G.S.M. v. T.H.B.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1990
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