Bailey v. Mars

In the paragraph just before the rescript, the opinion appears to indicate that an appeal from a probate decree upon an adoption matter requires the Superior Court to hold a trial de novo in the broadest sense in which that expression is used. If the paragraph is intended to give approval to that procedure, I must register a dissent, although I am in accord with the opinion as it determines the substantive law of the case.

The statute gives to the Court of Probate exclusive jurisdiction over proposed adoptions. General Statutes § 6866. Jurisdiction is acquired through the action of one or both…