Legal Opinion

LeShure v. Zumalt

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided April 6, 1940No. 34,690PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment in proceedings in habeas corpus wherein the appellant sought unsuccessfully to recover the custody of a nine-year-old child who has been a member of the family of defendants for the past seven years pursuant to adoption proceedings in the probate court of Reno county in 1933.

The basis of appellant’s action in the trial court and likewise asserted here is her contention that the adoption proceedings were void. For a solution of that proposition we resort to the record.

It appears that in 1933 and for some…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hardesty v. HardestySupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
  2. Eagan v. MurraySupreme Court of Kansas · 1918
  3. In re MacLeanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938
  4. Chamberlin v. ThorneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1937
  5. Reinhart v. ReinhartSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1974
  2. Walker v. McNuttSupreme Court of Kansas · 1948
  3. Wilcox v. FisherSupreme Court of Kansas · 1947
  4. Loucka v. State Department of Social WelfareSupreme Court of Kansas · 1947

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