Schwaiger v. Headrick

The question for decision is whether a final decree of the probate court of Cullman County, granting the petition of James L. Headrick for adoption of a minor child, whose father is appellant, is valid.

On February 19, 1966, appellee, James L. Headrick, filed in the probate court of Cullman County his petition in writing to adopt a minor child, Janet Lynne Schwaiger. This minor was born on May 28, 1962, to the union of appellant and his wife, Virginia Ann Schwaiger. The latter was divorced from appellant on September 14,' 1963, for and on account of cruelty. She subsequently married appellee,…