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Clements v. Morgan

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1956PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peewitt

The court below sustained the intervening petition of the Department of Public Welfare and awarded the custody of the child in question, Robbie Dean Morgan, age nine years, to the Department of Public Welfare.

The record discloses that Mrs. Gladys Dean Clements and her husband Doctor Claude A. Clements filed a petition for the adoption of this child on September 2, 1952. At the time the petition was filed the child had been in their home since March 11, 1952. The mother of the child was partially paralyzed and unable to care for her children.

On August 26, 1952, a written consent was obtained…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re KnottTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Coonradt v. SailorsTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Rogers v. BaldridgeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1934

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In re Adoption of TaylorCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
  2. Brown v. RainesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
  3. In re Petition of Van HussTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. WilbournCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1989
  5. Edman v. AsherCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1961

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