Falck v. Chadwick

Myron H. Chadwick and Shirley Chadwick, his wife, of Brooklyn, New York, petitioned the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s' County to revoke a decree declaring their infant daughter to be the adopted child of Milton L. Falck and Isabelle H. Falck, his wife, of St. Mary’s County. This appeal is from an order overruling a demurrer to the petition.

Petitioners were married in 1942, but they separated about September 1, 1946. They had one son about two years old, and the mother expected the birth of another .child in 1947. On account of the separation she considered the desirability of delivering the…