Clayton v. Jones

McFADDEN, Chief Justice.

Respondent Eugene Clayton instituted these proceedings by filing in the Probate Court of Bonneville County, his petition to adopt three minor children, i. e., Vicki Lynn Jones, Victor Steven Jones and Bret W. Jones. These three children are the issue of a marriage between appellant Victor Jones and Rosalee Spaulding Jones Clayton, which marriage was dissolved by decree of divorce entered April 4, 1963, in favor of the former Mrs. Jones, by the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District for Jefferson County.

Respondent and the mother of the Jones children were…