McClain v. Lyon

This proceeding in error comes into this court from the common pleas court of Morrow county. The controversy grows out of an order and judgment of the probate court of Morrow county, Ohio, in which that court granted the adoption of one Doris Genevie Lyon, the 4 year old daughter of W. A. Lyon and Helen Lyon, to Vaughan McClain and Frances McClain. The entry of adoption bears date of November 4, 1925.

On the 9th day of December, 1925, Helen Lyon, the mother of said Doris Genevie Lyon, filed a motion in the probate court of Morrow county to set aside the order, judgment, and decree of adoption…