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IN RE ADOPTION OF A MINOR

No. 8396.

136 F.2d 790 (1943)

In re ADOPTION OF A MINOR.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 14, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Hazel E. Horton, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Bennett Crain and Miss Rosalind Skehan, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, submitted the case on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Samuel F. Beach, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Leslie C. Garnett, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, submitted the case on the brief for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER, and VINSON, Associate Justices.

MILLER, Associate Justice.

This appeal arose from a decision of the District Court, in a proceeding upon a petition by appellee for adoption of the infant daughter of appellant. The mother of the infant, formerly the wife of appellant, presently the wife of appellee, filed her consent to the adoption. An application that the proceeding be stayed was filed on behalf of appellant. Several grounds were urged in the application, including: [1] that his ability to defend...

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