Gillis v. Main

This is a petition for the adoption of a female child under the age of eighteen, without the consent of the respondent mother. It was heard pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956, §15-7-7, by a justice of the family court who entered a final decree granting the petitioners’ prayers. The cause is before us on the appeal of the respondent from such decree.

The following facts are established by the record. Harry M. Main, Jr. and Evelyn J. Gillis were married in November 1957, and of this marriage a daughter was born on May 27, 1958 when the child’s mother was nineteen years of age. The…