Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. Rolls

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 12, 1958PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

100 So.2d 414 (1958)

Raymond WIGGINS, Appellant,

v.

William Henry ROLLS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 12, 1958.

Jack M. Turner, South Miami, for appellant.

Goldman & Goldstein, Miami, for appellee.

THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant Raymond Wiggins, who was respondent below, seeks reversal of a decree of the Chancellor granting an application of appellee William Henry Rolls, petitioner below, to adopt the minor daughter of appellant.

The determining question is whether the evidence is sufficient to establish that the welfare of the child justifies the decree of adoption in the face of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fieldiing v. HighsmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
  2. Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  3. In Re: Mary Elizabeth WhetstoneSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
  4. Steets v. GammarinoSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  5. Soucek v. MelvinSupreme Court of Florida · 1947

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. In Re Adoption of Baby EAWSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  2. Matter of Adoption of NobleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  3. Harden v. ThomasDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  4. Solomon v. McLucasDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  5. In Re Adoption of GossettDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973

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