SATTERTHWAITE, J., February 4, 1955.
Upon the presentation of the within petition, the court of its own motion raised the question of its jurisdiction to act thereon. The problem involved is the proposed adoption, by a citizen and resident of this county and State, of the illegitimate, seven-year-old daughter of petitioner's wife, both the wife and child being native-born citizens and present residents of Germany where the marriage occurred on December 3, 1953, during...
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