Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Lauriault
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 15, 2004No. 03-2801, 03-3282PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents an unusual challenge to the action of the United States District Court in refusing to declare the State of New Jersey’s adult adoption statute unconstitutional for lack of a notice provision. Other difficult questions posed relate to the District Court’s diversity jurisdiction to hear a challenge to an adult adoption on state law grounds.
Maria Fenton (“Maria”), now deceased, was one of ten beneficiaries of a trust created by her uncle, Foster T. Fenton, in Maryland in 1966. Several years before her death, Maria adopted her four…
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