Legal Opinion

Zalis v. Ksypka

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 2, 1944PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.

These two cases come before us on appeals from decrees entered in the Probate Court. In the first case the appeal is from a decree revoking a decree where-under the respondents, husband and wife, were granted leave to adopt Virginia Anna Ksypka, the minor child of the respondent Edward, her surviving parent, and of Jennie Zalis Ksypka, deceased, his former wife. In the second case the appeal is from a decree granting leave to the petitioners, Joseph and Vincenta Zalis, the maternal grandparents of Virginia, to adopt her.

The evidence is not reported, but at the request of the appellants the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Purinton v. JamrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  2. Barry v. SparksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  3. Beloin v. BullettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  4. Clarke v. Inhabitants of AndoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  5. Mongeau v. McKayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  2. GallyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
  3. Shumway v. FarleyArizona Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Porotto v. Fiduciary Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  5. Adoption of a MinorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973

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