Ainsworth v. Natural Father
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
414 So.2d 417 (1982)
In the Matter of the Adoption of a Minor Child: John Harold AINSWORTH and Elizabeth Anne Ainsworth
v.
NATURAL FATHER.
No. 53167.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 26, 1982.
Thomas T. Buchanan, Billie J. Graham, Laurel, for appellants.
McKenzie & Pickering, Franklin C. McKenzie, Jr., Laurel, for appellee.
EN BANC.
DARDEN, Justice, for the Court:
This is an adoption case that comes to us from the Chancery Court of Jones County. John and Elizabeth Anne Ainsworth filed a petition for Ainsworth to adopt M.D., Anne's son of a former marriage. Anne's former husband, M.D.'s father, is here…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eggleston v. Landrum, Et Ux.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1951
- Wright v. FitzgibbonsMississippi Supreme Court · 1945
- Mayfield v. BRAUND, ET UX.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1953
- Matter of YarberMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
- In Re Adoption of a Female ChildMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
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