Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of Rials
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 10, 1951No. 40405PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOISE, Justice.
Plaintiffs, Dr. and Mrs. William V. Garnier, are appealing from a judgment dismissing their petition for the adoption of Elizabeth Diane Rials, for “want of jurisdiction”, and also revoking the interlocutory decree previously issued.
The child whose adoption is sought was born on July 1, 1945, at the clinic operated by Dr. Gamier in Bastrop, La. Mrs, Gamier (then Mrs. Mabel McCreight Trippe) was a nurse at the clinic, and the unmarried mother of the child surrendered the infant to her before leaving the institution. Since that time Mrs. Gamier has had possession and care of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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