Knox v. Reid

This ease, commenced August 31, 1964, challenges the validity of adoption proceedings completed on July 17,1917. A decree is sought declaring the 1917 order confirming the adoption to be void.

Franklin Mallette was born November 13, 1909, to Edith Knox Mallette and Jay Elmer Mallette. His mother died shortly thereafter. In 1911, Franklin was adopted by W. Frank Knox and Annie Reid Knox, his uncle and aunt. The validity of those proceedings is not questioned. The boy was mentally incompetent. He lived a short time with his adoptive parents and was then placed in the home of his maternal…