IN RE SLAUGHTER

No. 7479.

290 S.W.2d 408 (1956)

In the Matter of Emmitt Ray SLAUGHTER a Minor. Petition for Adoption by Christian J. SWEARY, Sr., and Harriett H. Sweary, husband and wife, Petitioners-Respondents, v. Emigen Bearbower Slaughter KRULL, Cross-Petitioner-Appellant.

Springfield Court of Appeals. Missouri.

May 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Seay, Salem, for appellant.

Wayne W. Waldo, Waynesville, for respondents.


McDOWELL, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a decree of adoption rendered by the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Missouri, on the petition of Christian J. Sweary, Sr. and Harriett H. Sweary, husband and wife, to adopt Emmitt Ray Slaughter, a minor of the age of 13 years. The court decreed the adoption as prayed for and defendant, Emigen Bearbower Slaughter Krull, the child's mother, appealed.

The amended petition inter alia alleged...

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