Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Adoption of Lockmondy
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 24, 1976No. 3-874A139PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStaton, P.J.
Dean R. Jester filed a petition to adopt twelve-year-old Stephen Anthony Lockmondy on September 20, 1973. He had been married to Stephen’s natural mother, Frances Jester, for about nine years prior to filing the petition. She gave her consent to the adoption, but Stephen’s natural father, Joseph T. Lockmondy, refused his consent. Later, October 11, 1973, Frances Jester died from injuries received in an automobile-train collision.
On January 28, 1974, the trial court granted the adoption without Lockmondy’s consent. 1 After overruling Lockmondy’s motion to correct errors, the trial court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- People v. LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- DeVaney v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
- Hiatt v. YerginIndiana Court of Appeals · 1972
- Hunter v. MilhousIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Walters v. Kellam & Foley, Mussett, Nicholas & Stevenson, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1977
- Matter of Adoption of ThomasIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- City of Bloomington v. HoltIndiana Court of Appeals · 1977
- Davis v. SchneiderIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Lovko v. LovkoIndiana Court of Appeals · 1978
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