Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Norris
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 7, 1935PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Delehanty, S.
The parents of the infants whose adoption is sought were married in 1924 and were divorced by judgment of the Supreme Court in February, 1932, in an action wherein the mother of the infants was plaintiff. The children here involved were born, respectively, in 1927 and 1931. In June, 1933, the mother married her present husband. He is the petitioner here.
By the decree of divorce the father of the infants was directed to pay to his former wife the sum of $120 per month for the maintenance of the infants. Considerable testimony was taken respecting the extent to which this direction…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of BistanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- In re the Adoption of DavisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- People ex rel. Pickle v. PickleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
3Cited by17 opinions
- In re the Adoption of a Minor under the Age of Fourteen YearsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
- In re the Adoption of PadenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943
- Pierce v. BechtoldCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- Fancher v. MannCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
- Ex Parte WolfendenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1961
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