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IN RE CLEMENTS' PETITION

296 S.W.2d 875 (1956)

In re Petition to Adopt Glenda Sue CLEMENTS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 7, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atchley & Atchley and Hargraves & Hargraves, Chattanooga, for Gladys Dean Clements.

Dietzen, Graham, Dietzen & Brock, Chattanooga, for Claudius A. Clements.

Bess Blake, Nashville, for State Welfare Department, appellee.

BURNETT, Justice.

This case comes to this Court on direct appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamilton County from a decree dismissing an adoption petition and sustaining an intervening petition of the Department of Public Welfare.

On October 28, 1954, a petition to adopt the child in question was filed by Dr. and Mrs. Clements with the consent of the natural mother which consent was heard and approved by the Chancellor. According to the petition Dr. & Mrs...

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