Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of Infant Female Child of Brock
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 12, 1946PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, J.:
On August 27, 1945, William West Watkins and his wife, Hazel E. Watkins, filed their petition in the Circuit Court to adopt an unnamed female child, alleged to have been born August 15, 1945, to Charlotte Brock, eighteen years of age and unmarried. There was attached to the adoption petition a consent dated August 16th, 1945, properly executed by the mother. A copy of the petition was on October 29, 1945, transmitted to the State Welfare Board at Jacksonville, Florida, as required by the adoption law. The State Welfare Board, after investigation, approved the adoption.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Hernandez v. ThomasSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
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- Polk v. Chase National Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1935
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