BAKER v. COMPTON ET AL.

No. 30,628.

247 Ind. 39 (1965)

211 N.E.2d 162

BAKER v. COMPTON ET AL.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed November 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Tallman, of Wabash, for appellant.

Charles R. Tiede and Tiede and Magley, of Wabash, for appellees.


LANDIS, J.

Appellees, who are husband and wife, initiated this proceeding by filing in the court below a petition for the adoption of Christina Lynn Baker, a minor child born out of wedlock to appellant. Attached to the petition was consent to said adoption signed by appellant in the presence of a notary public who acknowledged the same.

The issue upon this appeal involves a construction of Burns' § 3-120 (1946 Repl.).1 The...

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