Adoption of Doe

Decision Date15 May 1964
Citation58 Del. 487,210 A.2d 863
Parties, 58 Del. 487 In re the ADOPTION OF John DOE.
CourtSupreme Court of Delaware

Appeal from the Orphans' Court.

Daniel F. Kelleher, Theisen & Lank, Wilmington, for appellant.

Thomas G. Hughes, Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, for appellee.

TERRY, C. J., and WOLCOTT and CAREY, JJ., sitting.

PER CURIAM.

The opinion of the Orphans' Court below is affirmed on the opinion as entered below In re Adoption of Doe, 197 A.2d 469.

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  • Novak, In re, 59141
    • United States
    • Missouri Supreme Court
    • 5 de maio de 1976
    ...re Adoption of L., 56 N.J.Super. 46, 151 A.2d 435, 437 (N.J.Prob.1959); In re Doe's Adoption, 197 A.2d 469 (Del.Orph.1964), affm'd, 210 A.2d 863 (Del.1964); 2 Am.Jur.2d Adoption, § 76 In this case an affirmative showing that the grandparents then had actual custody of Lucjan was made at the......
  • Husband (G.T.B.) v. Wife (G. R.)
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Delaware
    • 11 de dezembro de 1980
    ... ... Gen. (argued), Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee ...         Before HERRMANN, C. J., and McNEILLY and HORSEY, JJ ...         McNEILLY, Justice: ...         In March, 1979, the appellant, plaintiff-below, filed an action to vacate a 1969 Delaware adoption decree. In response, the appellee-defendant, the natural mother of the appellant's adopted child (hereinafter "the child"), filed a motion for summary judgment on the basis that the statute of limitations period for such action had passed. The Trial Court granted the motion, and this appeal ... ...
  • Wilmington General Hosp. Ass'n v. Nichols
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Delaware
    • 1 de junho de 1965

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