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WARD v. FAW

Record No. 771166.

253 S.E.2d 658 (1979)

Jerone Walter WARD v. Johnnie Michael FAW et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Gregory, III, Martinsville (Young, Kiser, Haskins, Mann, Gregory & Young, Ltd., Martinsville, on brief), for appellant.

Ebb H. Williams, III, Hoyett L. Barrow, Jr., Martinsville (Gardner & Gardner, Martinsville, on brief), for appellees.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

Johnnie Michael Faw petitioned the court below for the adoption and change of name of Jerone Walter Ward, Jr. The child was the infant son of Faw's wife, Karen Rebecca Faw, who joined in the petition to indicate her consent to the adoption. Subsequently, the child's natural father, appellant Jerone Walter Ward, filed an objection to the adoption and was allowed to intervene in the proceeding. Following an ore tenus hearing and a subsequent...

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