Legal Opinion
Szemler v. Clements
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 4, 1974No. Record 8272PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
Wilton R. Clements, a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, and Ilse Frieda Clements, his wife, filed a petition in the trial court on May 21, 1970, for the adoption of Mrs. Clement’s niece, Petra Sebisch, an infant. Petra’s mother, Viktoria Annaliese Sebisch, filed a petition in December, 1970, opposing the adoption. Subse quently she married Petra’s putative father, Tibor Szemler, who, by order entered November 4, 1971, was permitted to become a party to the petition in opposition to adoption.
After considering the evidence, some taken by deposition in West Germany and some heard…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Walker v. BrooksSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
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3Cited by17 opinions
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