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IN RE ADOPTION OF MULLINS

412 S.W.2d 896 (1967)

In re ADOPTION of Donna Lynn MULLINS and Dana Lee Mullins, Minors. Petition of Paul SIMMONS and wife Carrie Lorene Simmons.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 24, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bess Blake, Nashville, for appellant, Public Welfare Department.

T.R. Chadwick, Clinton, for appellees.

OPINION

BURNETT, Chief Justice.

We heretofore granted the petition for certiorari in this case because of the legal questions involved which will hereinafter be set forth. The case has been ably briefed, and we now have the matter for determination.

The original petition herein was filed for the purpose of adopting the two minor children. The Department of Public Welfare was made a party as provided by law, under orders of the court, and the matter...

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