Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of a Minor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 2, 1954No. 11855PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, allowing the adoption of a child by its natural mother and her present husband. The child’s natural father appeals.
Appellant and respondent (the child’s mother) were married in 1947.1 They had a son — the subject of this litigation ■ — in 1948. In 1949 they separated, and on February 17, 1950, entered into a separation agreement. This agreement provided that the mother should have the “entire control and custody of the child,” but that the child “may visit and see [appellant] * * * as they may desire and as the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- May v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cook v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Minick v. MinickSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hansford P. Miller v. Jackson AviromCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Redding & Company, Inc. v. Russwine Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Swinton v. J. Frank Kelly, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Russell Weedon and Wilbert F. Weedon v. John GadenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act. v. Frank Kelly, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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