1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 305 N.W.2d
  5. 305 N.W.2d 878 (1981)
 

LUM v. MATTLEY

No. 43364.

305 N.W.2d 878 (1981)

208 Neb. 789

Lynette LUM, Appellant, v. Dennis MATTLEY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

May 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Zemyan, of Western Nebraska Legal Services, Scottsbluff, for appellant.

Paul D. Empson, Alliance, for appellees.

Heard before KRIVOSHA, C. J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, WHITE, and HASTINGS, JJ.

WHITE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Lynette Lum, the natural mother of Ruby Nohelani Lum, a child born out of wedlock on November 21, 1979, brought an action in habeas corpus in the District Court for Box Butte County, Nebraska, alleging that a relinquishment signed January 15, 1980, in favor of Dennis R. and Virginia M. Mattley, a married couple, was void because it was obtained by threats, coercion, and fraud and that the best interests of the child required that the plaintiff...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases