In Re the Adoption of Tom

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

KEMP, C. J. (Peters, J., dissenting.)

On February 13, 1946, Samuel L. Yee and wife Doris Loo Yee (hereafter referred to as Dr. and Mrs. Yee) filed their petition in the circuit court, first circuit, at chambers in adoption, for leave to adopt Geison Tom, a minor, wherein it is alleged: That said minor was born March 24,1939, of Patrick Wah Hoon Tom (hereafter referred to as the father or appellant) and Bernice Yun Yee Loo Tom (hereafter referred to as the mother), then husband and wife and who were divorced November 12, 1943; that the petitioner, Mrs. Yee, is a sister of…