Legal Opinion
Claunch v. Entrekin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 12, 1961No. 1 Div. 908PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
The question for decision is whether the proceedings for the adoption of a minor child are valid.
On September 16, 1957, R. A. Entrekin filed in the Probate Court of Mobile County, Alabama, a petition to adopt the minor child named Ricky Claunch, six years of age. The petition was filed pursuant to § 1 et seq., Title 27, Code of 1940, as amended, 1955 Cumulative Pocket Part, Code of 1940. The petition shows that the child is now in the custody of his mother in Mobile, Alabama, who has custody of the child by order of the Circuit Court of Mobile County, in Equity, and that the…
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