Legal Opinion
Adoption of Graham
California Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1962No. S. F. 20833; S. F. 20834PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, J. *
Consolidated appeals are taken by Frederick Elmer Graham, plaintiff in intervention, from that portion of a judgment to the effect that he failed to legitimate his two minor children, the subject of the instant adoption proceedings, and by Joseph and Ruth Monis, husband and wife, from that portion of the judgment dismissing their petition for the adoption of the said minors.
The facts are not in dispute. In 1951, Jessie Rinella Graham obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Frederick Elmer Graham, but no final decree was entered until 1960 as hereinafter appearing. Loretta…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Davey v. Los Angeles County Bureau of AdoptionsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- Stohr v. San Francisco Musical Fund SocietyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Estate of HughesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
- Darwin v. GangerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- Adoption of LawsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In Re Richard M.California Supreme Court · 1975
- Hurst v. HurstCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
- Hall v. Department of AdoptionsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Adoption of Rebecca B.California Court of Appeal · 1977
- Kern v. KernCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
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