Legal Opinion

Deveraux' Adoption v. Brown

Utah Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1954No. 8055, 8056PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WADE, Justice.

Appeal by the natural mother from orders of the District Court granting the petitions for adoption of two of her minor children. The facts in each adoption proceeding being the same except for minor differences relating to the children and the different adoptive parents, the two matters were consolidated for appeal to this court.

On August 31, 1950, appellant and her then husband, the father of the children involved herein were deprived of the custody of their four children by an order of the Juvenile Court which found them unfit and improper persons to have the care, custody and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Matter of CozzaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Jain v. PriestIdaho Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Adoption of Strauser Ex Rel. Lucas v. StrauserWyoming Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Jackson Et Ux. v. SpellmanNevada Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Onsrud v. LehmanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B.Utah Supreme Court · 2017
  2. In Re the Adoption of JamesonUtah Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Jacob v. State Ex Rel. Public Welfare CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Application of LearSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1955
  5. Jacob v. State Ex Rel. Public Welfare CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1958

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