Legal Opinion
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 26, 2012No. 27148PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Toal
This case involves a contest over the private adoption of a child born in Oklahoma to unwed parents, one of whom is a member of the Cherokee Nation. After a four day hearing in September 2011, the family court issued a final order on November 25, 2011, denying the adoption and requiring the adoptive parents to transfer the child to her biological father. The transfer of custody took place in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 31, 2011, and the child now resides with her biological father and his parents in Oklahoma. We affirm the decision of the family court denying the adoption and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- In Re the Adoption of Baby Boy L.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1982
- Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2011
- Matter of Adoption of HallowayUtah Supreme Court · 1986
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