Woodson v. Lee

Ward, Justice.

John Bernerd Woodson here seeks reversal of an order of the Probate Court which granted adoption of his young son, John Bernerd, Jr., to the father and mother of his divorced wife and mother of the boy. In reaching the conclusion it did the Probate Court held, necessarily, that appellant had abandoned the boy for a period of six months before the petition for adoption was filed.

The only question before us is: Did appellant, under the facts in this case, so abandon his son? The more accurate statement of the question is. Does the weight of the evidence in this case sustain the…