DUARTE, PETITIONER


331 Mass. 747 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 890

MANUEL DUARTE & another, petitioners.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 30, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Lipsitt, (Paul D. Lipsitt with him,) for the petitioners.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, WILKINS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

This is a petition for the adoption of Leonard James Gregorie, otherwise known as Leonard James Mello. The petitioners are Manuel Duarte and his wife. At the time of the filing of the petition the child, according to the allegations of the petition, was approximately eleven months old. The mother of the child has signed the petition consenting to the adoption as therein prayed for, and her consent has been attested before a notary public. G.L. (Ter. Ed...

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