Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Paanakker
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 11, 1940No. Nos. 7337, 7338PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VINSON, Associate Justice.
The appellants, Theodore, Barnes and his wife, Katherine Kolb Barnes, were petitioners in the District Court for the adoption of two male infants, Jean Jacques Paanakker and Peter Anthony Paanakker, children of Mrs. Barnes and Matthew B. A. Paanakker, her former husband, the ap-pellee. Petitions were denied in each instance, from which orders of the District Court a consolidated appeal is here prosecuted.
At the outset, the right of this court to hear an appeal from adoption proceedings is challenged. In the District of Columbia, jurisdiction over adoption proceedings…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Matter of BistanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Weinbach's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Pauly v. PaulyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- McConnell v. McConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Boone v. BooneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- In re L.W.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Beach v. BeachCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Eldredge v. Martin Marietta Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- In Re Adoption of Children N.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
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