WORLEY v. JINKS

Civ. 1374.

361 So.2d 1082 (1978)

Faye WORLEY and Bobby Worley et al. v. John K. JINKS and Bernice Parker, Director, Department of Pensions & Security, DeKalb County, Fort Payne, Alabama.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. M. Beck, Sr., of Traylor & McGee and Beck & Beck, Fort Payne, for appellants.

W. N. Watson of Watson & Watson, Fort Payne, for appellee, John K. Jinks.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Mary Lee Stapp, Jamie L. Pettigrew, Asst. Attys. Gen., for DeKalb County Dept. of Pensions and Security.


BRADLEY, Judge.

This is an adoption case.

These proceedings commenced on April 8, 1977 when Bobby and Faye Worley filed a petition in the DeKalb County Probate Court seeking adoption of Mendy Michelle Jinks, an eighteen month old female child. It was alleged in the petition for adoption that the child had been abandoned by the father and that the latter's whereabouts was unknown. The mother of the child consented to the adoption and a temporary order was entered...

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