STEWART v. STEWART

No. CC916.

289 S.E.2d 652 (1980)

Eileen A. STEWART (Sandifer) v. Larry Eugene STEWART.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Black, Parkersburg, for plaintiff.

M. E. Mowery, Parkersburg, for defendant.


MILLER, Justice:

In this certified case, we are asked to consider whether a decree by a Virginia court that permitted a second husband to adopt his wife's child over the objection of her former husband, the natural father, is entitled to full faith and credit in this State. The adoption occurred under a Virginia statute which permits the court to grant such an adoption if it finds the adoption to be in the best interest of the child.1...

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