Legal Opinion
In Re Gibbons
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 21, 1956No. 460PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodmaN, J.
Guy A. Gibbons, Jr., was born 26 April, 1947. Adoption proceedings were initiated by Guy A. Gibbons, Sr., and wife, Rebecca Gibbons, on 23 February, 1948, and final order of adoption was entered 30 April, 1949. In June 1949 Rebecca Gibbons died. Following her death, the child was taken to Miss Ruth Lindley, who lived at Guilford College. Miss Lindley, a sister of Mrs. Gibbons, was a school teacher. She was unable to care for the child after the school opened in September. Hence the child was returned to the respondent in Raleigh. He placed the child in the home of Mrs. Ralph Turner, who…
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