Adcock v. Saliba

NEARN, Judge.

This appeal is from a decree of adoption. The matter is before us on the technical record only.

The technical record reveals that the minor child was born out of wedlock September 3, 1970, to Sheila Anne Adcock (then Dearing) and Norman Saliba. On December 11, 1976, the mother married Frank John Adcock, III and it was the desire of the stepfather Adcock and the mother that the child be adopted by Adcock. The mother joined in the petition to give consent. The petition was filed on December 13, 1976, or two days after the marriage. The petition also alleged that the natural father,…