IRWIN v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE


125 A.2d 505 (1956)

Kenneth IRWIN and Mabel Irwin, Appellants, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee.

Orphans' Court of Delaware, New Castle.

September 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. N. Carpenter, II of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellants.

Richard J. Baker, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HERRMANN, Judge.

The question presented for decision is whether American citizenship is a prerequisite for adopting parents under the Delaware Adoption Statute.

The appellants, husband and wife, seek reversal of the refusal of the Department of Public Welfare to permit the placement of a child with them for adoption. The Department refused to permit the placement on the ground that the appellants are not citizens of the United States and, therefore, are not...

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