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Application of Maples

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 10, 1978No. 60187PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RENDLEN, Judge.

Annetta Louise Maples applied to the Circuit Court of Jackson County for an order to open the records of her 1949 adoption under authority of § 453.120, RSMo 1969. That section provides:

“The files and records of the court in adoption proceedings shall not be open to inspection, or copy, by any person or persons, except upon an order of the court expressly permitting the same and pursuant to written application.”

She was less than one year of age when placed with her adoptive parents and not yet two when a decree was entered finalizing her adoption as the lawful child of the new…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  4. Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Application of GilbertSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  2. Bradey v. Children's Bureau of SCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
  3. In Re Roger B.Illinois Supreme Court · 1981
  4. In Re SageCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1978
  5. State Ex Rel. White v. GrayMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004

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